This is not the same as common core. Common core for the most part was pretty well designed AFAICT and was grounded in real pedagogy. Like you point out, commo

This is not the same as common core. Common core for the most part was pretty well designed AFAICT and was grounded in real pedagogy. Like you point out, common core was focused more on understanding concepts as opposed to reaching answers. What the California standard appears to be doing (full disclosure, I’m basing this on second hand accounts all of which have been negative) is simply eliminating certain fundamental math altogether.