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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If we are going to copy Sweden, I can think of many other more important public policies to adopt that would do more to contribute to educational outcomes than … heavy, out-of-date textbooks. [/quote]

Do you have kids? My daughter was struggling with Algebra. I asked the FCPS teacher which textbook they were using so I could help her. He said no textbook - just endless pieces of paper, some lost, out of order, and a website that they get a link to - that is no way to learn.

The other problem is that without textbooks, you get different teachers using different resources, teaching in a different order - complete madness. Textbooks were good enough for hundreds of years - the internet has been around for 20 and we've abandoned everything that we know works. [/quote]

I mean, I struggled with Algebra 1 in the 1980s using textbooks. The lack of a textbook is not the reason for your child’s struggles, especially if you are one of the colossal idiots who try to push your kid into advanced math. Is she in sixth or seventh grade?[/quote]

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