Harcourt Public School Texts

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[hsmomx3]

A friend was inquiring about the quality of Harcourt textbooks that are used in the public schools. If you have any comments, please let me know. Thanks.

[Captainpaintball]

(B)rainwashing (F)or (L)iberal (R)ugrats

[annyokie]

Harcourt Brace Jovanowitz are good entry level texts. Suppliment from the local library or the internet and you'll be okay.

[LiteKeeper]

Depends on your worldview. Count on the underlying worldview to be unapologetically humanist. If you are a Christian family, you will find many things that don't fit...be wise, and observant.

BTW - it is not just in the sciences, it is across the board...social sciences, history, humanities, etc.

Just a word to the wise.

[ChewedGum]

Local library? Ha, I went to mine today and tried to find anything by Coulter, Hewitt, Olsen and Viola. No hits on any of those. Did I look for Clinton just to be curious? Ok - yes I did, and at least they didn't have Lying History, but they had 4 copies of Bill's last book.

Gum

[LS]

I wrote one. I highly recommend it. "The Entrepreneurial Adventure: A History of Business in the United States" (2000)

[Domestic Church]

I stay away from most PS books unless they were published back 60-70-80 years ago. Look to private academies or the great books program for good leads on books and of course primary sources can't be beat.

[annyokie]

Well, library quality depends on where you live. Mom was asking about texts for her children. I don't know their ages, but I can tell you, my own children are more interested in pure science than political science.

I was suggesting the local library as a resource, which she is already funding. Most have excellent reference books about dinosaurs(always a hit with boy children) and the fine arts (a hit with girl children).

If you want to be a curmudgeon, find another thread. This one is about schooling young children, my friend.

[redhead]

"I stay away from most PS books unless they were published back 60-70-80 years ago. Look to private academies or the great books program for good leads on books and of course primary sources can't be beat."

Snap up anything pre-1960. Conservative Book Club looks for reprints of old textbooks, especially in their homeschooling section. It's worthwhile to explore there. Sometimes, they have good clearance sales, and you can buy any book on the flyer for great discounts.

[Corin Stormhands]

...but they had 4 copies of Bill's last book.

'zat the little black one with the phone numbers?

[tang-soo]

I have several friends who home school. They use Saxon publishing for their math text. I was pleased that the
math teacher at my son's school (a private school) also uses Saxon. I very much liked the book and their method of teaching. By the way, a read on Saxon's bio (now deceased) is very inspirational.

[ChewedGum]

If you want to be a curmudgeon, find another thread. This one is about schooling young children, my friend.

Curmudgeon? Wow, I've never been called that before! New one for my list I guess!

I understood the topic of the thread. I was just commenting on my experience at my local library mere moments before I read this thread. Did not intend to take the thread off topic (and it doesn't appear that I did)!

Gum

[hsmomx3]

Yes, I also homeschool but my friend was/is more interested to see if anyone here knew or had seen any textbooks by Harcourt for the public school system. Since texts are not permitted to be taken home, she was interested in what anyone had to say. She has no interest in homeschooling.

[annyokie]

I apologize. I am too used to the knee-jerks here. Sorry.

[mathluv]

Jovanovich has not been part of the title for over 10 years. Harcourt is owned by General Cinema - so far as I know now. There was some talk 2 or 3 years ago about a foreign buyout, but I think that was McDougal-Littell/Houghton Mifflin - which is no longer owne by a French company. Prentice-Hall/Silver Burdette is owned by a British co. There for a while, the only American (large) publisher was McGraw-Hill. There are only the 4 big companies now.