Parents and Textbooks

Zusatztext With the continued focus on standards in schools! a serious conversation about textbooks is in your future. Whether you are a parent! teacher! school administrator! or teacher educator! you will need to be ready. Buy this book! and become prepared! Informationen zum Autor By Gerard Giordano Klappentext Parents wondered exactly what was transpiring in classrooms. Although they asked their children, they did not have complete confidence in their responses. When they quizzed teachers, school administrators, school board members, and politicians, they realized that they sometimes had conflicting interests. They resolved to get the information they wanted on their own: they would examine classroom textbooks. This book recounts the common sense questions that parents posed about these materials. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the questions that parents recently have posed about textbooks. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: Who Has the Right Idea about Textbooks?AcknowledgementChapter 1: Do Authors Have the Right Idea about Textbooks?Chapter 2: Do Californians Have the Right Idea about Textbooks?Chapter 3: Do Texans Have the Right Idea about Textbooks?Chapter 4: Do Marketers Have the Right Idea about Textbooks?Chapter 5: Do New Yorkers Have the Right Idea about Textbooks?Chapter 6: Do Publishers Have the Right Idea about Textbooks?Chapter 7: Do Parents Have the Right Idea about Textbooks?Chapter 8: Do Floridians Have the Right Idea about Textbooks?Chapter 9: Do Superintendents Have the Right Idea about Textbooks?Chapter 10: Do Journalists Have the Right Idea about Textbooks?ReferencesAbout the Author

With the continued focus on standards in schools, a serious conversation about textbooks is in your future. Whether you are a parent, teacher, school administrator, or teacher educator, you will need to be ready. Buy this book, and become prepared!

Autorentext

By Gerard Giordano

Klappentext

Parents wondered exactly what was transpiring in classrooms. Although they asked their children, they did not have complete confidence in their responses. When they quizzed teachers, school administrators, school board members, and politicians, they realized that they sometimes had conflicting interests. They resolved to get the information they wanted on their own: they would examine classroom textbooks. This book recounts the common sense questions that parents posed about these materials.

Zusammenfassung
This book focuses on the questions that parents recently have posed about textbooks.

Inhalt
Preface: Who Has the Right Idea about Textbooks? Acknowledgement Chapter 1: Do Authors Have the Right Idea about Textbooks? Chapter 2: Do Californians Have the Right Idea about Textbooks? Chapter 3: Do Texans Have the Right Idea about Textbooks? Chapter 4: Do Marketers Have the Right Idea about Textbooks? Chapter 5: Do New Yorkers Have the Right Idea about Textbooks? Chapter 6: Do Publishers Have the Right Idea about Textbooks? Chapter 7: Do Parents Have the Right Idea about Textbooks? Chapter 8: Do Floridians Have the Right Idea about Textbooks? Chapter 9: Do Superintendents Have the Right Idea about Textbooks? Chapter 10: Do Journalists Have the Right Idea about Textbooks? References About the Author