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Polish Government To Deliver Free Textbooks For All Kids Grades 4-6

Posted by samzenpus on from the have-a-book-grzegorz dept.

rekrutacja writes "Today the Polish government started a Digital School pilot program, which includes distributing e-textbooks. This came after a years-long effort by the Open Education Coalition and its members to persuade policy makers, that Open Educational Resources are the future of education. The last few months have been especially eventful, as the free textbooks part of the program was dropped by the Ministry of Education and reinstated again by the Prime Minister Office."

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  1. That's advanced by symbolset · · Score: 4, Informative

    The India government is looking to deliver K-12 education to a half billion kids in the next decade, if they can get Android tablets at $40 each. I wish them luck. Right now the price point is $128 for a 7" tablet. The education is, of course, free - thanks to the diligent work of Michael Hart (may he rest in peace!)

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  2. CC BY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    from the article (in Polish):

    all these resources will be available under CC BY, which is compliant with the Definition of Free Cultural Works.

  3. Re:Good for them! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    yeah since they are available as CC-BY with sources that means any reader
    from the site with the books http://wolnelektury.pl/
    PDF to print
    EPUB for an e-book reader
    MOBI for Kindle
    TXT for advanced usage
    and
    Source of the book
    Source XML file
    Book on Editor's Platform
    Mix this book