Do schools still use textbooks?

That’s terrifying to hear. We need physical copies to exist accessibly for everyone. Making everything digital is such a slippery slope I fucking hate it

I teach HS AP US Government & Politics, we use a textbook and they have the option to have a physical copy or use a digital one. Some do much better on one or the other. It cuts down on the “I left my text at my dad’s house so my notes are late.” Girl bye, open that tablet and do your work anywhere you are. On the bus, on a trip, in the car, at the bowling alley do your work and don’t make excuses.
When they go to college it saves hundreds if not thousands of dollars to borrow digital copies instead of getting a physical copy.

Our public schools do not. My college kids do.

Oh wow I am curious to ask my friends with school age kids near me now.

I immediately thought obviously but all my friends teach first grade and I honestly don’t think they have any 😳

Okay. This explains things. When they get to college, they’ve never had a textbook and never had to read a book (a novel) to completion. Their reading comprehension level... leaves something to be desired. When I demonstrate close reading and analysis in the class, they act like it’s mind reading.

UK secondary maths teacher here - for the younger years I use them in the classroom but they don’t take them home with them, for GCSE they get a physical textbook and they use it both in school and home, for A Level or IB they get a physical textbook and an electronic version and they get to choose which version would work best for them.

Very interesting! I checked my district its all on laptops now. 😬 not sure how i feel about it

I teach in the UK also - secondary level (ages 11-18). We definitely use textbooks throughout the age groups and in almost all subjects.

I have kids in all grades. In middle school they have laptops but received math workbooks, in high school all classes use laptops except AP classes. My kids actually have a harder time with computers than worksheets and books. As expensive as our internet is, it still goes out regularly. In elementary they have a lot worksheets still and reading workbooks but they also have laptops as early as kindergarten, maybe 4k too but my 4k is going to a private school so it's not the same as public.

Eta, I was also in college recently. Some classes had the option of physical or digital books, most were fully online.

My 16 year old has everything on an iPad for school. He’s never had to bring home a text book. Which is sad to me. I love physical books.

My schools do up until 6th grade. 6th grade and up are given Chromebooks with textbooks digitally on there. But kids younger than 6th grade are still using hardback or softback text books

When subbing for public schools last year I never saw a text book just online stuff. Every student gets a laptop starting in like 6th grade. In the Catholic private school I did my student teaching at last year they used text books in all grades

My SILs kindergartener was issued a tablet for all in school and homework…. I’m not looking forward to sending my daughter to look at screens all day because she really doesn’t handle them well.

I just graduated 😭 we literally did everything on the laptops