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Article: Traditional Textbooks' Future Is Debated Locally, Statewide.
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- The Monitor (McAllen, TX)
- Article date:
- July 30, 2006
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Byline: Daniel Perry
Jul. 30--McALLEN -- Computers that once took up a whole room can now fit in a child's hand. iPods have taken the place of boom boxes.
State legislators and education advocates are looking to do the same thing to textbooks. House Bill 1, which passed in the special session earlier this year, calls for reforming how the State Board of Education deals with textbooks. The Texas Education Agency's financial requests for textbooks range from $300 million to $900 million every two years, with English and reading books costing the most, said Anita Givens, senior director for instructional materials and educational technology in ...