A new bill in California will "ban school districts from purchasing textbooks longer than 200 pages" and also require publishers to "provide a rich appendix with Web sites where students can go for more information." Excerpt from Sacramento Bee story:
Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, a Los Angeles Democrat who chairs the Assembly Education Committee, said critics are thinking too narrowly.
California schools are teaching kids with the same kinds of massive books that were used generations ago, though the world has changed significantly, Goldberg said.
The workplace increasingly demands more than the ability to read Page 435 of some manual.
It requires expertise in using the Internet to research and solve problems, according to Goldberg.
Link: Assembly says shorter books would help kids - sacbee.com. (Use www.bugmenot.com for login.) Via MobyLives.
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