Notebooks Replace Textbooks in Texas

DrEnter writes "Yahoo! is running this article about an experiment at Johnson Elementary school in Dallas, Texas, which will provide an IBM ThinkPad to every 5th and 6th grader, each one loaded with electronic versions of textbooks and 2,000 other books. Apparently, due to rapidly increasing enrollment and long delays to get new books the school is trying to head off future problems. They also mention a similar program in Henrico County, Virginia, using iBooks and how some of these programs are affecting laptop design (like Apple replacing pop-out CD trays with CD slides)."

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[Gothmolly]

Maine is only second in its implementation Socialism to Vermont, so of course the kids will get laptops. Tell that to the Ethiopians invading your inner cities because getting government money is so easy. Why not just join Canada, so you can all starve together?
-1, Troll, but +1, True (lived in Maine, paid taxes in Maine, moved out of Maine)

Re:My little brother had one of these

[glitch23]

you can thank free speech advocates for the latter.