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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Working printers and copiers in the schools (and not refurbished ones that are still completely broken) and basic classroom set up supplies for all classes would be a better use of money.[/quote]

Some textbooks would be nice too so they don't need as many copies.[/quote]

Or maybe even go paperless! Join the 21st century and do the planet a favor![/quote]

Some kids learn better with textbooks, like mine and paper ones.  If you are so worried about the planet, try virtual school - much better for the environment as well.  And, its all online.   No buses, no school building, etc.[/quote]

Sincerely time for you to evolve. (I’m sure your kid probably has already) [/quote]

You are speaking in ignorance of most research into learning and memory.  Handwriting and reading actual print books is superior.[/quote]

They do write still. As it’s been pointed out numerous times here. They read actual books. As it’s been pointed out numerous times here. Textbooks are obsolete. Colleges rarely use them. But I’m sure your research from 1987 will debunk all that![/quote]

I agree that textbooks are not used the way they used to be used, but they are still used in some classes and subjects. I just bought my son his physics book and macroeconomics book for college, and an access code for his calculus class (because that textbook and assignments are online). I did not need to buy a textbook for his writing course.

Some advantage of textbooks, either online or actual hardcover textbooks, include the following:

1. Confused students can show parents or tutors what they are studying when they struggle with the vocabulary to explain where they are confused
2. special needs students who struggle with organization will not need to organizes multiple papers handed out each day - those "pages" are already in the textbook
3. A student who enrolls in the school from out of district can look back through the book to "catch up" on prior material 
4. Students who were absent might be able to look at the example or read the lesson so that they are not as far behind when they return

I am sure there are other advantages. These are just a few. Have we talked to teachers, students, and parents in order to consider from subject to subject and grade level to grade level where textbooks (either online or hardcover) are a best practice? Or are we just making a blank statement for all classes grades PreK - 12 that textbooks are good or bad?[/quote]

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