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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teacher, I find this discussion fascinating. For years, teaching from the textbook has been looked down upon as old fashioned. Parents and students used to complain about teachers just assigning work from the book. Teachers are now encouraged to use more primary sources and a variety of other materials to teach. So why exactly do you all want the textbooks so badly? Is it so you can follow the curriculum more closely? Do you feel like the book is more challenging than what the teacher is providing? Are you wanting your kid to use it to learn independently?[/quote] Thank you for this perspective. I suspect that the concern about textbooks may be for certain subjects and certain grades. For history/social studies at higher grades, the value of primary source work is clear. On the flip side, you would think a math textbook could be helpful to help track the concepts taught even if practice can be done with apps, etc. [/quote]
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