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• VA Beyond Textbooks: Year One Report

  May 31st, 2011 by

  Note: Doug Levin, SETDA executive director, is guest-posting this blog. In November 2009, the Virginia Department of Education launched a project to explore the implications of introducing traditional textbook alternatives into classrooms. In the 18 months since the launch, Beyond Textbooks has scrutinized cost-effective models that blend the vetted standards-based content and convenience of traditional […]

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• Which State Will Be the First?

  May 26th, 2011 by

  Note: Doug Levin, SETDA executive director, is guest-posting this blog.  At the 2010 SETDA Education Forum, Blair Levin (senior fellow at the Aspen Institute and former Executive Director of the National Broadband Plan) challenged those in the audience to name the state that would be the first to shift completely from print to digital textbooks […]

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• Indiana Moves Digital

  April 12th, 2011 by

  I spent some time last week talking to educators in Indiana about their efforts to move from print to digital content in their schools.  I picked Indiana educators because about two years ago the Indiana State Board of Education changed the definition of a textbook to include electronic materials and the equipment needed to display […]

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