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[quote=Anonymous]21:50 There is no one on this forum advocating for the continued use of textbooks only. I've read the forum many times. We are in FCPS and I only pointed out that there are no textbooks in elementary and middle, so it would be nice of there was a mix of both textbooks and other works for children to read in all subjects. Currently my child only reads stuff like that Time for Kids four page newsletters and fills out black and white dittos that the teacher or an assistant has to make copies of each day. There are pages and pages on the VA forum which say the same thing is happening at other schools. This to me is not a superior method to textbooks and workbooks because it takes time and money to make the copies and information seems to be presented in a less organized manner. There are one or two people who are advocating for no textbooks. One of them teaches college and doesn't seem to be from the area. That person eventually said textbooks were fine as a framework as long as there are other works too. So we're both in agreement. The problem in the DC area though is the lack of textbooks more than the lack of other resources. No one on this forum has been able to point out even one school that only uses textbooks or even uses them the majority of the time. [/quote]

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