Talk:Textbook Evaluation 2 by Jaylani Roberts/@comment-28495467-20160522174809

Unfortunately, both texts we have reviewed are old and outdated. If we don't have the right tools, how are we to teach? This is a frustrating scenario. Some districts adopt according to budget contraints, but some districts allow schools and staff to review texts before adopting. We adopted a new math curriculum last year. Our staff, administrators and parents reviewed several options, voted as a school site and those were taken to the district and decided on based on all school site votes. There was a checklist similiar to this one to evaluate every program. This was not easy, we have 47 elementary schools, but all opinions and stakeholders were given a platform. The decision usually comes down to $$$, we need to make education spending a priority as a country.

Cory Bracy de Zapata