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Thursday, May 18, 2006
Textbooks: “That’s Where the Content Is”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A discussion from earlier this week begs the question: How important are textbooks?
A blog reader sent me (thanks!) this link to an MSNBC/MSN story. The story says, “few if any textbooks are ever subjected to independent field testing of whether they actually help students learn.
“This is where people miss the boat. They don’t realize how important the textbooks are,” a former textbook publisher said. “We talk about vouchers and more teachers, but education is about the books. That’s where the content is.”
Teachers, how important are textbooks? How useful are the textbooks you have? And, I know we go round and round on this, but please tell us if you have enough books for every student to have one for the year, or if the books are only for use in class…
Parents, what’s your opinion on your kids’ textbooks?
FYI: There’s a discussion going over at MOMania about choosing your child’s teacher…
