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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The common core curriculum is not great. We have been overseas frequently for work and the private schools with a British curriculum are almost always more rigorous than ones with an American curriculum that typically follows common core. [/quote]

I disagree that the British system is more rigorous.  They are different and the British system is not something most Americans would care for.

I’ve read a lot of posts here that their children are no longer reading complete books.  I don’t understand that at all.   The one change I think is positive is using online programs for subjects like history or geography.   You can no longer trust the accuracy of textbooks  coming from Texas.  McGraw Hill has been accused of whitewashing history, omitting important parts of history, calling slaves “workers” to name a few. They have been made to change errors in their books.

Online, the Library of Congress, Lehrer Institute of History, History.com is a reputable site.  High school should absolutely be using personal laptops.  The internet has opened worlds of information that wasn’t available decades ago.   Elementary school needs to learn the basics, no laptops necessary.

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So you think whatever a teacher puts together in her free time to make money on Teachers Pay Teachers is better than a textbook? You know districts...don't have to buy textbooks that don't align with the politics of the majority, right?

And also - class novels aren't textbooks, and usually that's what people are referring to when they talk about not reading full books. My kids are in private with textbooks and trust me they aren't reading the geometry or science book cover to cover. But they are reading The Hobbit or Romeo and Juliet cover to cover.[/quote]

Why would you think the teachers
Would be putting together anything?  These excellent programs are put together professionally and bought by the school department.

The middle school has some amazing programs  done on line where the 7th graders learn about every country in the world plus each individual country’s political system, their GDP, climate, agriculture, religions and the people.  A book could never be as interactive.

As for textbooks they should never have political bias. I’m more concerned of inaccurate information. There’s plenty of evidence and forced retractions about changing facts in American history.   Why not have middle school and high school students go directly to the source of American history which would be the American government and read the treaties, constitution, rules and regulations.   Save a lot of paper.

And our schools pass out novels that they read.  I only am familiar with middle school but my daughter ha read The Outsiders, Holes, The Giver, and Refugee that I remember.

I don’t think everyone is talking about textbooks when they say the elementary schools aren't having them read complete books.  I know we never read textbooks from cover to cover.

Either people who believe everything should be done on the laptop or eliminate all laptops in grades 6-12 are being extreme and irrational.  [/quote]
What's the name of that middle school program?[/quote]

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