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College students fed up with spending hundreds of dollars to buy textbooks they only use once are getting some new rental options.
Millions of new textbooks promised and paid for by the U.S. and other foreign donors have not been delivered to schools in Afghanistan, The Associated Press has found. Other books were so poorly made they are already falling apart.
Excerpts being criticized from the 10th edition of the textbook "American Government" by James Wilson and John Dilulio:
Talk about a civics lesson: A high-school senior has raised questions about political bias in a popular textbook on U.S. government, and legal scholars and top scientists say the teen's criticism is well-founded.
More than 100,000 people protested Saturday in southern Japan against the central government's order to modify school textbooks which say the country's army forced civilians to commit mass suicide at the end of World War II.
Winona State University senior Rick Howden, a business administration major, figures he knows a bad deal when he sees it. A $4,500 tab for his college textbooks by the time he graduates? Bad deal.
Commission Blocks Use of Bible as Textbook in Idaho SchoolThe Idaho Public Charter School Commission told the Nampa Classical Academy today it can't use the Bible as a instructional text.
Mississippi Jumps on the Ignorant Antievolution BandwagonHouse Bill 25, introduced in the Mississippi House of Representatives by Representative Gary Chism (R-District 37) on January 6, 2009, and referred to two committees, Education and Judiciary A, would, if enacted, mandate the state board of education to require every textbook that …
8th grade textbook has Obama chapter The Wisconsin Republican Party is complaining about the Racine School District's use of an eighth grade textbook that includes a chapter on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
Racine schools hand out textbook with 15 page Obama love-festMy 8th grade son is in an advanced English class at a public middle school here in Racine, Wisconsin. I just found out that my son's new (copyright 2008) Wisconsin - McDougal Littell Literature book has 15 pages covering Barack Obama.
Judge throws out religious discrimination suit against the University of CaliforniaA federal judge in Los Angeles has thrown out the remaining claims of Calvary Chapel Christian School, which sued the University of California alleging university officials rejected some courses for credit because of their Christian viewpoint.
Gruesome Army Surgeon's Textbook Shows How Far Military Medicine Has ComeThe pictures show shredded limbs, burned faces, profusely bleeding wounds. The subjects are mostly American G.I.'s, but they include Iraqis and Afghans, some of them young children.
Religious Right Propaganda in Civics Textbook Uncorrected in 11th EditionIn 2006, New Jersey public high-school junior Matthew LaClair made headlines after secretly tape recording the unconstitutional religious messages his history teacher aimed at the students.
Widely used public school textbook criticized for being too conservative An advanced textbook on American government is drawing criticism from scholars for alleged errors concerning climate change and separation of church and state.
Religious Right Propaganda in Civics TextbookThe Center for Inquiry has released a report strongly criticizing a widely used civics textbook, American Government: Institutions and Policies, written by James Q. Wilson and John DiIulio. Wilson, a Republican, and DiIulio, a Democrat, are certainly eminent scholars.
Anti-Evolution Legislation Introduced in FloridaOn Friday, Florida State Senator Ronda Storms introduced an anti-evolution bill to the legislature. She did so quietly, and without fanfare. No press release was issued, and so far the legislation has not received any attention in the press.
In "A Nation Made of Poetry" Joannie Fischer talks of two types of history: history through the eyes of art, and one through the eyes of official documents. Its amazing, when taken the time, how you realize life cannot have become one without the other.
Creationist Diorama-RamaLike all science fairs, you could tell which projects had parental help and which ones didn't at the 2008 Home School Science Fair.
Carl Hiaasen, author of such classic Florida-mocking books as Double Whammy and Lucky You, had this to say about Florida's school board controversy over the inclusion of reference to "evolution" in the state's science standards:By accepting evolution as a proven science, our top …
Creationists' Growing Foothold in EuropeAfter the Sunday service in Westminster Chapel, where worshippers were exhorted to wage "the culture war" in the World War II spirit of Sir Winston Churchill, cabbie James McLean delivered his verdict on Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
On December 12th, a sharply divided South Carolina Board of Education voted in favor of making Kristin Maguire, a home-schooling mom who had been appointed to the Board back in 2000 by Gov. Mark Sanford, their chairman.
Florida Judge Orders Bibles to Carry Anti-Creationism Sticker!Unconfirmed sources report that a State of Florida Appellate Court Judge is about to hand down a ruling that will require all Bibles in the state to carry a warning sticker. The proposed sticker reads: "Warning this book promotes the dogma of creationism.
Anti-Evolution Gains Momentum in FloridaThe school boards of eight Florida counties have passed resolutions insisting that evolution be presented alongside alternative theories of organismal origin and development. A battle declared settled in December is not yet over.
A Textbook Example of Government FailureDCPS superintendent Michelle Rhee is doing a heroic job trying to get textbooks into classrooms by the start of school. One problem is that school officials still can't tell her how many books they actually need. Classes start on Monday.
I am an undergrad student right now and I am tired of buying books for hundreds of dollars only to sell them back to the bookstores at an absolute FRACTION of what I paid for them just a couple of months prior.
UK School Uses Books that Call Jews 'apes'The principal of an Islamic school has admitted that it uses textbooks which describe Jews as "apes" and Christians as "pigs" and has refused to withdraw them.
Another Science Book Error - GillsLast week, a commenter on my post about errors in our science textbooks brought up embryonic gill slit structures which is described in biology textbooks. It turns out that this is another example of a textbook error.
Errors In Our Science TextbooksOur science textbooks are full of errors. This is something growing up and being a lover of science I never imagined. When there were things that didn't make sense to me or seemed a bit 'out there' I chalked it up to unproven theories.
Textbook RevolutionTextbook Revolution is the web's source for free educational materials. This is a student-run, volunteer-operated website started in response to the textbook industry's constant drive to maximize profits instead of educational value.
I've been reading a series of articles in my home town paper, the Chicago Tribune, that have focused on textbooks in public and private schools.
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