The Great news about the federal law No Child Left Behind, is that what many watchdog groups have been pointing out for years about the lack of credible textbooks has now been proven accurate. The interesting thing about this story is quotes from individuals that say well, my kid is doing Ok and his test scores are good. So in other words lets leave the textbooks alone.
The real question is if the math textbooks in the midstate area are suspect, then what about the History books that are so easy to re-write.
Instead of Governor Bredesen worrying about spending millions of dollars on a statewide Pre-K program. Why not fund a statewide initative to examine the current textbook? Are they teaching the skills neccesary? Are they accurate in their content?
Stay tuned
