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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What textbooks?  MCPS doesn't use them except in a few classes.[/quote]

If you read carefully I was talking about inaccurate history books used in states like Virginia  through the 1980s and some in early 2000s.   Going back to the type of censored textbooks that were previously used would create a bigger divide between the states who will agree to leave out significant parts of American history and the minority of states who will continue to accurately teach American history.   [/quote]

I don’t want my child learning history online. While the teacher is talking about the Cold War, half the class will be playing Minecraft. Give me textbooks. I send my child to school to learn, not to get more time on a screen.

And what makes you think learning history online in a district that censors the past is going to be any different than using a textbook? The problem isn’t the source; it’s the person selecting the content.[/quote]

It probably won’t help the states that go along with eliminating parts of the US bleakest times in history.   But textbooks are almost always poorly written, unreadable.   That’s when the kids take out their hidden phones to play games.

There are plenty of books written by scholars with great reputations that can supplement online work.  There are documentaries that show exactly what was happening during historical times.  Eyes on the Prize documents the Civil Rights Movement in all its ugliness and hate.

Textbooks will not bring about better educated kids.   
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Textbooks used to produce educated kids.

Online textbooks are terrible for several reasons, mostly related to the difference in format.  Using "original sources" sounds nice but is either a tremendous burden on the teacher to curate their own curriculum or just doesn't actually happen.  Usually the latter.[/quote]

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