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15 Nov 09

California Embraces Open Source Digital Textbooks | Edutopia

California schools have cracked the spine on open source, free digital textbooks in an attempt to save money and to make educational resources easier to access and update.

The cash-strapped state launched the nation's first open source digital textbook initiative last May, asking content providers to submit high school-level math and science texts for free

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01 Nov 09

Online Textbooks Increasingly Popular Among Students and Teachers - ABC News

Digital Textbooks, Online Learning Increasingly Popular
Lugging Around a Backpack Full of Books May Soon Become a Thing of the Past

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iPods, Laptops Replacing School Textbooks - ABC News

Schools Dump Textbooks for iPods, Laptops
Teachers Say Students Learn Better From the Devices, Even Eultitasking

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04 Sep 09

Could Texas' Gingrich-Based High School History Curriculum Go National? | TPMMuckraker

The GOP-controlled State Board of Education is working on a new set of statewide textbook standards for, among other subjects, U.S. History Studies Since Reconstruction.

Approved textbooks, the draft standards say, must teach the Texan student to "identify significant conservative advocacy organizations and individuals, such as Newt Gingrich, Phyllis Schlafly, and the Moral Majority." No analogous liberal figures or groups are required

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