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Hi...<div><br></div><div>Adam Holt alerted me to Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposal to go digital with textbooks statewide in California high schools, starting with math and science this year. Here is my retired teacher's view of the situation...</div><div><br></div><div>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; ">(See: </span><a href="http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/fact-sheet/12455/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; ">http://gov.ca.gov/index.php?/fact-sheet/12455/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; ">)</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; ">The Good:</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; ">Textbooks can be up to date and, hopefully, will be.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; ">The Bad</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; ">Gov. Schwarzenegger suggests teachers can "print out pages for students who do not have computers." Who pays? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; ">Probably the teachers!</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; "> This really shows no commitment to supplying the schools with computers</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; ">The Ugly</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; ">Textbook publishing is a big, competitive business. Lots of profits are to be made in publishing textbooks. What incentive will there be to publish free online books? You can bet they will not be free for long.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Hummmmm...</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Maybe we do need Jerry Brown to run for governor. He had a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">huge</span></span> commitment to educational technology when he was in office.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Any comments?</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;">Caryl</span></p></div></body>
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