United States
Arnold Schwarzenegger to scrap school textbooks
Governor of California seeks to cut budget deficit by replacing 'outdated' textbooks with electronic reading devices
Schwarzenegger, trying to plug a budget hole of $24.3bn, thinks he can make savings by getting rid of what he decries as expensive textbooks. The governor is serious about an idea that might make Gutenberg turn in his grave. He appeared in class yesterday to push an idea he set out in the San Jose Mercury News newspaper.
Sourced from: The Guardian
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