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Schwarzenegger: "Textbooks are outdated"
California spent $350 million on textbooks in 2008 — 1.4% of the entire state budget. Astonishing, right? It makes you wonder how. I'd imagine that most textbooks are hardcover, and hardcover textbooks are good for probably 5-10 years. Just how many new textbooks are being printed each year?
According to California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the answer is way too many. In his words, textbooks are "outdated," and he will be expanding online learning throughout California schools, counting on ed-tech to lessen the strain.
While I wouldn't say textbooks are worthless, teaching using the Internet and CD-ROMs certainly has its perks. Materials are produced much more cheaply, and lessons can be updated more easily and more often, delivering more timely course materials.
What do you guys think?
Link to the original article:
http://www.printweek.com/RSS/News/911931/Textbooks-wont-back-says-Schwarzenegger/
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