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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's pretty low on my list of concerns. It's not like textbook-learning was inspiring for lots of kids.

-Teacher [/quote]

Kids are learning less now than 10 years ago.  Is it the lack of textbooks? Is it block scheduling that reduces daily practice and doesn't work for attention spans of students or teachers? Is it using computers rather than paper and pencil? Is it NCLB effects?  Are kids just worse now? Or teachers?[/quote]

It's all of it. Also there are fewer teachers. Also it's COVID. Also it's lazy parents/guardians. Also it's no discipline for students who are disruptive. Also it's decades of lowering standards to raise graduation rates. [/quote]

Agree with all of this.  And to OP’s question, yes I miss books and wish they had them.  As a parent, it makes it much harder to engage in helping my child study and being familiar with what material they learn in class with no books.  It isn’t even a matter of looking on Google classroom, most of the material isn’t there.  It seems schools have largely moved to group discussion and project content.  Plus I believe learning is just better from books.  Between flipping pages, highlighting, taking pencil and paper notes; using multiple senses is proven to help you learn material better. 
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