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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The common core curriculum is not great. We have been overseas frequently for work and the private schools with a British curriculum are almost always more rigorous than ones with an American curriculum that typically follows common core. [/quote]

I disagree that the British system is more rigorous.  They are different and the British system is not something most Americans would care for.

I’ve read a lot of posts here that their children are no longer reading complete books.  I don’t understand that at all.   The one change I think is positive is using online programs for subjects like history or geography.   You can no longer trust the accuracy of textbooks  coming from Texas.  McGraw Hill has been accused of whitewashing history, omitting important parts of history, calling slaves “workers” to name a few. They have been made to change errors in their books.

Online, the Library of Congress, Lehrer Institute of History, History.com is a reputable site.  High school should absolutely be using personal laptops.  The internet has opened worlds of information that wasn’t available decades ago.   Elementary school needs to learn the basics, no laptops necessary.

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So you think whatever a teacher puts together in her free time to make money on Teachers Pay Teachers is better than a textbook? You know districts...don't have to buy textbooks that don't align with the politics of the majority, right?

And also - class novels aren't textbooks, and usually that's what people are referring to when they talk about not reading full books. My kids are in private with textbooks and trust me they aren't reading the geometry or science book cover to cover. But they are reading The Hobbit or Romeo and Juliet cover to cover.[/quote]

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