User blog comment:Bryans1008/Class Textbooks?/@comment-5137743-20120710185511

As I said, if anyone can make use of me for editing purposes, I am more than happy to help out.

Perhaps you could do two-level textbooks, the first being absolute core materials, in the sense of what the student is expected to already know when beginning any given year. The second could then be a distillation of the key points the teacher expected to cover within a particular term, so that if, for legitimate reasons, a student were absent from class, this could bring them up to speed for their end of term test. It might also assist those for whom English is a second language, as they would have something to prepare them for the genral direction of the lesson/conversation/RP.

This should not hamper the creativity and self-expression of teachers, who would be free to use whatever materials they chose to demonstrate their points, but it would give those who came in late and those who were ill, or similar, a fighting chance come exam time.