File: IJJ
TEXTBOOK
SELECTION AND ADOPTION
Responsibility
for the review and selection of textbooks to be purchased shall rest with the
Assistant Superintendent. The Assistant
Superintendent is encouraged through the school committee to establish a review
committee to assist in the process to determine the textbooks that best meet
the curriculum guidelines of the district.
The committee should include teachers who will use the texts and other
staff members as found desirable.
Students and parents will be encouraged to serve.
Principles
that apply generally to the selection of instructional materials and library
materials shall apply to textbooks.
Additionally, basic textbooks and textbook support materials shall be
chosen to:
·
advance
the educational objectives of the school system and particular objectives of
the course program
·
contribute
toward continuity, integration, and articulation of the curriculum
·
establish
a general framework for the particular course or program
Because
the instructional purposes of textbooks, as stated above, are of such
importance, particular care shall be taken in their selection as to content.
Although
many points must be examined, the School Committee directs the staff to be
mindful of the following considerations:
·
Textbooks
must be researched-based and aligned with the curriculum frameworks.
·
The
needs of all learners must be provided for.
·
Attention
should be given to gender roles depicted in the materials.
·
The
textbook and textbook support materials should lead the student and teacher
beyond the textbook into a wide variety of other materials and educational
experiences.
·
If
the textbook deals with problems and issues of our times, it should present and
encourage examination of varied points of view.
·
Because
textbooks are selected for several years’ use, special attention also shall be
given their physical characteristics, durability, format and price.
[Adopted:
May 11, 1998]
[Revised: March 2003]
[Revised: December 2007]
[Reviewed: September 2009]
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LEGAL REFS.: |
M.G.L. 71:48; 30B:7; 71:50 603 CMR 26:05 |
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CROSS REF.: |
KEC, Public Complaints about the
Curriculum or Instructional Materials |