[ExI] Are Social Media to blame for USA political hatreds?

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] Are Social Media to blame for USA political hatreds?

 

So then, does the state school board hold hearings - that sort of thing?  Are they elected or appointed?   bill w

 

 

The school board is elected.  I don’t know how the state derives its standards, but it is an interesting question.  In the old days (well, probably still in the new days) the state chose the textbooks to a great extent.  But the teachers are not required to use them.  

 

I noticed over the years a declining dependence on texts.  In the really traditional subjects that never change, such as math, they still use the standard texts.  My son used the same textbook I did for pre-calculus, 43 years later.  The later editions added some stuff, such as coding exercises (in BASIC.)  The edition he used is over 20 years old.

 

spike

 

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