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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have serious issues with a lack of actual textbooks, period. I’m not convinced that students are learning much these days - no grammar, spelling, writing composition, etc. The math curriculum is especially confusing. If it’s not specifically on a SOL, forget it. [/quote] Please consider joining the Facebook group FCPSOff. It's about setting reasonable guidelines - actually any guidelines - for technology use in FCPS. Currently there are no guidelines at all and it's a bit of a wild west out there. I can't imagine how children are learning without textbooks. Studies show people learn much better with pencil and paper. I think it's going to come back and hurt this generation of kids. [/quote] I applaud FCPS Off for asking for some guidelines. I do have some concern with the high number of parents of very young children in that group who make a lot of assumptions about learning without any direct experience. Their concern for their child's 1st grade classroom can easily be extracted to a future concern for their child's middle school classroom that may not be desirable. Some of them react out of fear of the unknown rather than advocacy for changed based on observation and study. Many of us have seen our children go through grades in FCPS where kids did not get a textbook or technology and it has not been a better learning environment. Teachers were spending hours making copies and creating or pulling online sheets that were barely readable, haphazard, and sometimes barely related to the content being taught or the academic level of the students. Often they were just reading from the one book they had to the students because there were no other materials. With the push for little to no homework and less worksheets, kids weren't writing with pencil and paper at home or in school. All educational initiatives can be good in moderation. But there needs to be a more overarching review of the curriculum material, it's cost, and how it all works together to help children graduate.[/quote]
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