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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The shift away from textbooks is not progress.  It’s very difficult to track curriculum, progress etc when there is no measuring stick.  The notion that they are expensive doesn’t sit with me.  They are purchased once and used for a decade.  Expensive and soon outdated computers that kids break strike me as expensive.  [/quote]
I was not using any MS or HS textbooks a decade later. I doubt most people are - maybe occasionally referencing a HS science or math text in intro college classes, I suppose?

Our school uses online versions of textbooks, which are great.  Harper for us ($30ish? Compared to $60-80?), nothing to lug around, never in your locker when you need it at home or at home when you need it in class. Each kid gets a link and a login code. Works very well for DC. And if a student really needs a physical copy, the yea her or the academic center are always willing to lend one out. [/quote]

Agree ppl aren't referencing textbooks later.  But the schools keep them and re-use them year over year.  [/quote]
And that’s what our k-8 did, which is the only time DC had physical textbooks, which were owned by the school and were returned at the end of the year. For many HS, the families have to purchase any textbooks. I for one very much appreciate the much lower cost of the digital textbooks used by our current HS vs the hard copies. And I remember the weight of my backpack at my big3 (and having to carry books separately because they wouldn’t all fit!). So glad my kid isn’t carrying that much. The binders and notebooks and laptop are bad enough without textbooks. [/quote]

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