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[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]

This.  Plus it is so much harder for parents to know what kids are learning and help them study for quizzes/tests with material online.  It was so much simpler when teachers said there’d be a
Test over chapter 3, and and/or parents could open the book to chapter 3[/quote]

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