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Danielle CripeA Textbook Example of What's Wrong with Education | Edutopia http://t.co/I8QgdhMMpS
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Jill FlynnA former schoolbook editor parses the politics of educational publishing.
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George StationA 2004 article that probably still has currency.
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mikedunning"deciding what is written in history textbooks"
Article that delves into the world of textbook publishing and how the process works. Explains the three big textbook giants Texas, Florida, and California and their influence on the rest of the country's textbook selection; often, it is Texas that wins.-
In the late '60s, a Texas couple, Mel and Norma Gabler, figured out how to use their state's adoption hearings to put pressure on textbook publishers. The Gablers had no academic credentials or teaching background, but they knew what they wanted taught -- phonics, sexual abstinence, free enterprise, creationism, and the primacy of Judeo-Christian values -- and considered themselves in a battle against a "politically correct degradation of academics."
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Pariah BurkeI got a hint of things to come when I overheard my boss lamenting, "The books are done and we still don't have an author! I must sign someone today!"
Every time a friend with kids in school tells me textbooks are too generic, I think back to that moment. "Who writes these things?" people ask me. I have to tell them, without a hint of irony, "No one." It's symptomatic of the whole muddled mess that is the $4.3 billion textbook business. -
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Eric Hoefler"[Textbooks] are processed into existence using the pulp of what already exists, rising like swamp things from the compost of the past. The mulch is turned and tended by many layers of editors who scrub it of anything possibly objectionable before it is f
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John FaigA great article that I enjoy reading every so often about a teacher who becomes a schoolbook editor and gains negative insights into the textbook industry.
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Kelly BauerSome years ago, I signed on as an editor at a major publisher of elementary school and high school textbooks, filled with the idealistic belief that I'd be working with equally idealistic authors to create books that would excite teachers and fill young m
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Anna T.Thousands of articles, videos, slide shows, expert interviews, blog entries, and other resources highlight success stories in K-12 education. Core concepts include integrated studies, project learning,technology integration, teacher development, social an
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Who writes these things?" people ask me. I have to tell them, without a hint of irony, "No one." It's symptomatic of the whole muddled mess that is the $4.3 billion textbook business.
Textbooks are a core part of the curriculum, as crucial to the teacher as a blueprint is to a carpenter, so one might assume they are conceived, researched, written, and published as unique contributions to advancing knowledge. In fact, most of these books fall far short of their important role in the educational scheme of things. They are processed into existence using the pulp of what already exists, rising like swamp things from the compost of the past. The mulch is turned and tended by many layers of editors who scrub it of anything possibly objectionable before it is fed into a government-run "adoption" system that provides mediocre material to students of all ages.
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There's no quick, simple fix for the blanding of American textbooks, but several steps are key to reform:
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Mrs. LenkerThousands of articles, videos, slide shows, expert interviews, blog entries, and other resources highlight success stories in K-12 education. Core concepts include integrated studies, project learning,technology integration, teacher development, social an
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Kellie AdyVery interesting article about the politics & flaws of the textbook system.
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Jerrid KruseTextbooks are prepackaged crap - they actually have to find someone to say they are the authors!
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edtechtalkThe textbook story (with a bit on Texas) and alternatives. A Textbook Example of What?s Wrong with Education | Edutopia
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Jennifer MaddrellThe textbook story (with a bit on Texas) and alternatives. A Textbook Example of What?s Wrong with Education | Edutopia
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Gary McFarlaneThe textbook story (with a bit on Texas) and alternatives.
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George Williams"Every time a friend with kids in school tells me textbooks are too generic, I think back to that moment. 'Who writes these things?' people ask me. I have to tell them, without a hint of irony, 'No one.' It's symptomatic of the whole muddled mess that is
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Demetri Orlandodescribes textbook publishing from the inside, and Texas as the tail that wags the dog
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