This is exactly what Common Core is. It is designed to confuse children's ability for critical thought and logic by teaching them nonsense is ok "as long as you can explain it". This is extremely apparent in the common core math program. It is bringing children to tears all over this country trying to make sense of something that CAN NOT MAKE SENSE. This is just conditioning our children to regurgitate what they are told without a thought EVEN MORE than they already do. This is about the destruction of individual logic and will to transform it into a form of nonsensical groupthink. I am terrified for this country's future generations, they don't have a chance.
I'm not a fan of the common core myself the argument for it is that it helps them become computer programmers which makes me go ... well I didn't need it and my tech level is high lol.
Besides i'm a personal fan of the little orange building blocks to learn math because when I'm in the store and I want to divide costs by gram i'm not going to go 1 + 2 is 5 etc when solving the problem.
Anyways I'm with the article that more critical thinking and applications need to be put into the cirruculum question is what to take out or upgrade in its place.
That and Finance ... to many people don't know how to budget / invest lol.