Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if APE is going to opine on CRT and masks?

Anyone seen this from them?

Turner commented on masks on AEM. It was a pretty funny word salad.

Interesting. From APE or Turner?

and just a comment on AEM, that's it? Really? This is the group that issues press releases and newsletters left and right but they can't put out a public statement on masks? I guess they don't want to.

Turner doesn’t want to admit they support Youngkin’s order. It won’t help her secure the Dem caucus endorsement when she inevitably runs again this year.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if APE is going to opine on CRT and masks?

Anyone seen this from them?

Turner commented on masks on AEM. It was a pretty funny word salad.

Interesting. From APE or Turner?

and just a comment on AEM, that's it? Really? This is the group that issues press releases and newsletters left and right but they can't put out a public statement on masks? I guess they don't want to.

I think the gist is that they don't agree as a group. Guess that's what happens when you have too many irrational raging dad bros.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if APE is going to opine on CRT and masks?

Anyone seen this from them?

Turner commented on masks on AEM. It was a pretty funny word salad.

Interesting. From APE or Turner?

and just a comment on AEM, that's it? Really? This is the group that issues press releases and newsletters left and right but they can't put out a public statement on masks? I guess they don't want to.

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if APE is going to opine on CRT and masks?

Anyone seen this from them?

Turner commented on masks on AEM. It was a pretty funny word salad.

I wonder if APE is going to opine on CRT and masks?

Anyone seen this from them?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

As a parent it would be nice to understand what she’s learning and a textbook would help with that and make me better able to assist. My sons private school uses textbooks and it also helps him stay organized. Having a great teacher that can carefully curate curriculum and materials is great but some teachers are not as good as it and it really stinks when your kids is reliant on their half ass materials. The OP is desperate.

Isn't the problem that your kid will need to learn how to stay organized without a textbook to actually function in the real world? To not flame out in college if they end up going? How will they learn that skill if they aren't given the chance in school?

It seems like this is an example of alot of parents not being able to handle that teaching and technology have moved on from what they experienced in the 80s and 90s and hamstringing their kids because of it.

Believe it or not, there are still textbooks in college. Many opt for the online version; but there's still a book or two or three.

DC is in rigorous dual enrollment classes that use interactive textbooks. hey are high-quality and comprehensive. The problem is not that tech has been introduced into the classroom; the problem is that the digital materials teachers use aren't always high quality. And they often jump around from platform to platform in a seemingly haphazard way. As a parent, esp when kids are in elem, it's hard to know what exactly the arc of learning is.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every private school in the area uses textbooks. I’m assuming there’s a reason.

Yes. Just because kids will eventually use electronic resources/technology doesn’t mean their young brains and lack of self control are ready for it as kids. The responses on here make me realize how important it is to advocate for this. Many, many kids have no self control with screens. They sit and play games during class. And not all teachers are great and many of them put together crap materials and lessons. At least with a text book kids are starting with a base source and can get help.

THIS!!!

My kid goes to a top private. No textbooks.

Anonymous wrote:Every private school in the area uses textbooks. I’m assuming there’s a reason.

So few of the private school teachers have a background in education. You’ve got to have some resource for them.

Anonymous wrote:Every private school in the area uses textbooks. I’m assuming there’s a reason.

Yes. Just because kids will eventually use electronic resources/technology doesn’t mean their young brains and lack of self control are ready for it as kids. The responses on here make me realize how important it is to advocate for this. Many, many kids have no self control with screens. They sit and play games during class. And not all teachers are great and many of them put together crap materials and lessons. At least with a text book kids are starting with a base source and can get help.

Every private school in the area uses textbooks. I’m assuming there’s a reason.

Anonymous wrote:

As a parent it would be nice to understand what she’s learning and a textbook would help with that and make me better able to assist. My sons private school uses textbooks and it also helps him stay organized. Having a great teacher that can carefully curate curriculum and materials is great but some teachers are not as good as it and it really stinks when your kids is reliant on their half ass materials. The OP is desperate.

Isn't the problem that your kid will need to learn how to stay organized without a textbook to actually function in the real world? To not flame out in college if they end up going? How will they learn that skill if they aren't given the chance in school?

It seems like this is an example of alot of parents not being able to handle that teaching and technology have moved on from what they experienced in the 80s and 90s and hamstringing their kids because of it.

Believe it or not, there are still textbooks in college. Many opt for the online version; but there's still a book or two or three.

I think it’d be helpful to have textbooks available online - as PDFs or whatever - to reference.

So do the text book obsessives also want to go back to using slate and chalk?

Text books and workbooks would be very useful on snow or other days where APS shuts down.