[IAEP] Books and educational achievement

[James Simmons]

Chris,

I'm as big a believer in the value of e-books as anyone you're likely
to meet, but I don't think we can assume that laptops that can
download potentially a million e-books would have the same effect as a
home library of conventional books.  My parents had a fair number of
books in the house, plus they bought us a set of Doctor Seuss and
other kid's books, plus I had a Willy Ley book on going to the moon,
Mr. Wizard's Science Secrets, and some others.  There is something
about having a real book that you may not get with an e-book.

I agree we need to get more e-books for children, but we won't know
the real effect of that from this study.

James Simmons


> Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 17:26:37 -0400
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> This study seems to make a powerful argument in favor of ramping up the
> quantity of e-book content on school servers.
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> Books in the home as important as parents? education level
> http://www.unr.edu/nevadanews/templates/details.aspx?articleid=5450&zoneid=8
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