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Education

Nikia

(11,411 posts) Sun Apr 28, 2013, 01:14 PM Apr 2013

Is having no text books common in elementary schools now? [View all]

My neighbor is a teacher and not happy with her job. She was saying how she spends so much time developing lesson plans and curriculm. I asked her whether the text books provided a good framework for the lessons. "We don't use textbooks at our school"
This is at a regular public elementary. My children are younger than school age so I wondered about this.

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Is having no text books common in elementary schools now? [View all] Nikia Apr 2013 OP

Getting more common in all schools now. For the worse. mbperrin Apr 2013 #1

Most likely it's "The wave of the future" We People Apr 2013 #2

yes. MichiganVote Apr 2013 #3

Even when we have textbooks, LWolf Apr 2013 #4

Not where I'm at... savebigbird Apr 2013 #5

Not where I teach proud2BlibKansan Apr 2013 #6