Here's a quote from Jane's posting:
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It is based on interviews with
more than 100 middle-grades educators who are using standards-based
curriculum approaches and materials in their districts,
schools, and classrooms. This introductory chapter sets the
scene for the scope of the guide series, focusing on science,
but drawing examples more broadly from all of the major
middle-grades subject areas.
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Could someone please explain to me why this is a good way to
select textbooks? Who can take responsibility for the beliefs of these
100 educators?
Regards,
Jack
--
"But as much as I love and respect you, I will beat you and I will kill
you, because that is what I must do. Tonight it is only you and me, fish.
It is your strength against my intelligence. It is a veritable potpourri
of metaphor, every nuance of which is fraught with meaning."
Greg Nagan from "The Old Man and the Sea" in
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