Response to Elise 'New Teachers'

I thought Elise's discussion of materials and the inexperience of new teachers was very interesting. I'm at Georgetown's City Collegiate Charter School, and the teacher expressed her dislike of the math book. This 'book' is simply a workbook- not a text book. It provides students with brief demonstration of the material and many work problems. The use of this book provides the teachers' lectures to be the only source of explaination for the students. So, this shows that the books being selected are not the best quality. City Collegiate is a first year charter, so hopefully they get new math books next year.