‘Non-Common Core’ for 800, Alex: Math Standards Make a Cameo on ‘Jeopardy!’

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TND Guest Contributor:  Kelsey Harkness |

The popular TV game show “Jeopardy!” apparently took a subtle jab at the Common Core national education standards. In a special “Kids Week” edition last Friday, one category was titled “Non-Common Core Math.” Although host Alex Trebek didn’t explain the reference, the category posed basic math problems that didn’t require the three young contestants to employ the new structure. Watch the video to see how they did.

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