Toss the Traditional Textbook: Revamping a Curriculum

Having an open source based text curriculum would idealy less financially straining and if teachers are creating it (which most of our schools do not let our teachers integrate their input into the curriculum) then you would think that you would be focused on the student's need in a less prescriptive way of developing the curriculum. One of our reading Common Core Standards is to integrate theme across genres. How easy would that be in an online diverse learning community? "For public schools, however, there's a snag in realizing this vision; districts generally may buy primary textbooks only that their state has approved for adoption. (Most universities fall under no such restriction, and Connexions already boasts the content for any college student to print up a complete electrical-engineering textbook.)" This is true, since a majority of implementing curriculum is based on our stake-holders. Indiana has a strong influence from text-book adoption. This is such an unfortunate conundrum....kudos to El Paso for at least trying.