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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think we can blame parents. It’s not fair to expect parents to spend an hour a day tutoring what should be taught in the 7 hours they’re in school daily.

I blame edtech. Get rid of the laptops and force reading from paper books and textbooks. It’s not the same to read on a screen.  [/quote]

Parents who rely totally on the school to teach everything are definitely to blame.  But yes, there should be a return to books and textbooks.[/quote]

Any school who removed books for the students to take home and then discuss as a class can’t possibly have very good test results.

As for textbooks, I don’t think they should be returned. Texas is removing chapters that explain all about fossil fuels and anything on climate change. They whitewash history textbooks.  They can do this because they are a huge buyer of these textbooks.  This true for Florida and California too.

There are much better options.  In 7th grade National Geographic website had an amazing program that gave info on every country in the world.   They discussed location, political system, religion, people, type of weather, land, natural resources.   At certain points there would be comprehension questions to ensure students got the material.  PBS, Smithsonian, all the big names have excellent programs.   We can only hope these programs outlive Trump which is iffy.  [/quote]

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