KSDE Mathematics Curriculum:
This resource provides information regarding revisions to the Kansas curriculum in mathematics. It states that the most recent state mathematics curriculum revisions took place in 1993, 1999, and 2003. The first revision stemmed from a Kansas State Board of Education motion for improvement in 1989 and served as a basis for future revisions.
If the revision cycle, as mentioned in the text, remained consistent, additional revisions would have occurred in 2009. The curriculum did not update at that time; rather, the state seems to be waiting for the Common Core Standards to conduct revisions to the state curriculum, which helps to explain the change in pattern.
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North Carolina Textbook Selection Guide for English Language Arts:
Chapter 5 says, “Textbooks are not in the place of primacy they once occupied, and they may no longer be the gatekeepers of knowledge” (58). Our generation has an abundance of resources to utilize for instruction.
In my perspective, textbooks should serve as a resource for instruction. And while a textbook may provide a foundation for our instruction, I struggle to see the textbook as a well-rounded, all-inclusive resource. We should try to find texts to match the district’s curriculum and vision for instruction; however, it’s impossible to find a single textbook to effectively accomplishes every goal.
The Department of Public Instruction for the state of North Carolina guide for textbook selection has a different view, as it discusses the concept. Page 2 reads, “The criteria for review can apply to materials for all aspects of the curriculum.” They want a textbook to serve as a resource for everything. I can’t help but question how effectively a single textbook can achieve this purpose.
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