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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers:  are there any federal or state policies that need to change to make teaching easier and more effective? (Aside from the obvious funding answer)[/quote]

Outside of larger, expensive measures like smaller class sizes or hiring more teachers/aides, I think the easiest thing would be a return to textbooks, and by textbooks I don’t mean the actual physical textbooks, but the online component that goes with it. I am a math teacher, and during the shutdown a textbook company is temporarily allowing teachers in my district access to the online component of the program for free, and it has made a world of difference. There are a gazillion resources Laid out for us that would normally take us hours upon hours to scour the internet to try to find on our own. We are begging our principal to buy this program for us next year, but with budget cuts happening, I’m not holding my breath. [/quote]

I looked at the VAS textbook with my students the other day. VAS is the only subject with a text in my grade. The students have hard copies at school and there’s an online version. With the online version you literally need to click until you get to the page you need! So if students need to read page 200 , there wasn’t just a link to take you there. I don’t teach VAS but was helping my students. Also, the print was rather small and I’m not sure why everything needs to be on screens. Sure it saves paper but at school they have hard copies anyway. I asked my students  if they prefer the hard textbook and they all said yes.... So I agree that they need textbooks down here, but hard texts. The online versions are subpar due to the screen issue, page turning, and small font. I also don’t see why VAS is the only subject with a textbook. Origo is called a textbook by admin and that makes me laugh because the kids can’t even see it. It’s essentially a collection of weird math lessons only the teacher can log on to see. There’s far better math programs but VA probably chose Origo because it also has a list of VA standards. Maybe they could just choose a math program to follow in order rather than have crazy standards all over the place... [/quote]

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