New Jersey resident proposes California State Senator stay out of education and focus on reducing his state's budget deficit.
Open-Source Textbooks ARE a good idea. However, just like Wikipedia didn't need the government to get started ... this gem doesn't require the government either. It'll happen once eBooks become more prevalent and there is nothing the government should do to help or stop it from happening.
Normally I'd agree with you, but since the government is by far the largest purchaser of text books...
The state of California spends millions on buying text books, think of all the money they'd save if they paid to develop open source text books instead.
Open-Source Textbooks ARE a good idea. However, just like Wikipedia didn't need the government to get started ... this gem doesn't require the government either. It'll happen once eBooks become more prevalent and there is nothing the government should do to help or stop it from happening.