Heather Crossin learned of Common Core in the fall of 2011 when her daughter brought home a math book linked to the standards that she found to be weaker than the previous textbook.

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And his most recent book is The Math Instinct: Why You're a Mathematical Genius Along With Lobsters, Birds, Cats and Dogs.

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Peek inside the backpack of Zhou Tao, a middle school student at Beijing's Shijingshan school, and you'll find four grammar texts, three math texts, one chemistry book, two books on physics, five on English, three on political science, not to mention an array of extracurricular and tutorial books.

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The robot takes the huge order, has a look at the order book, looks at the recent flow of trading, does some math and starts slipping bits of the order out into the market in digestible pieces.

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