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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Textbooks are enormously expensive and need to be replaced often. I think it makes sense to have more tailored print outs and workbooks, as long as there is still written material. I don't love the idea of completely computer based learning, even if their future livelihoods will computer based. I did grad school in the late 2000s and noticed a big difference using computers to take notes compared to written notebooks in undergrad in the early 2000s. It really is true that you don't process and retain material as well on a screen. Plus there's just too much opportunity for distraction and circumventing security controls. I know a first grader that figured out how to install Minecraft on their school device. Not great and definitely not great during the school day.[/quote]

Things like math don't change.  Our school uses a 20+ year old Pre-Calculus book some teacher was smart enough to keep.  For basic math, not needed but once you hit algebra it is.  Clearly you have little ones.[/quote]

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