In Some Classrooms, Books Are a Thing of the Past
Washington Post, October 19, 2009
By Ashley Surdin
The textbook-free classroom is by no means the norm, but it may be someday. Slowly, but in increasing numbers, grade schools across the country are supplementing or substituting the heavy, expensive and indelible hardbound book with its lighter, cheaper and changeable cousin: the digital textbook.
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