the netflix of textbook rentals. it offers to plant a free with each transaction. chegg.com partner the american forests global relief program is involved with president clinton s global initiative and the treasurer of american forests, caroline gable is director of an animal rights organization the shared earth foundation. the good news about textbooks is that i think they are gradually going to go the way of the dinosaurs. electronic alternatives are going to very slowly and gradually take over. new textbooks are just a download away thanks to the rapidly growing textbook market. in 2009, e-textbook sales are estimated to reach $120 million. that s up 10% from a year ago. the way publishers are moving into the digital age is with consortium called course smart. students go and purchase a pass code to use the book online or use the book as a downloadable file. in 2007, college textbook publishers joined forces to
whole country, i think that s highly unlikely that the way that the book is written. here on pages 46 through 49, we live together says the first thanksgiving was all about a lack of water for people walking up the el camino path in 1598. the pilgrims in the may flower aren t mentioned pages 136 through 139. they came to america for a better life. the pilgrims built a colony built plymouth. we are trying to make sure everybody has an equal opportunity in this country so the textbooks reflect that. james banks a leader in that area. james banks is the lead author of we live together. he says banks was a prominent consultant for 1993 s reflecting diversity. multi cultural guidelines for educational publishing professionals. he developed guidelines at that time for mcmillan-mcgraw hill in the early 1990s of how to depict male, female,
two completely two different sets of authors are identical. textbooks are almost set up to fail just by the way they are authored. professor brinkley, good morning. griff jenkins from fox news. this is alan brinkley, as the school s chief academic officer or provost he wrote this book the unfinished nation. his 2008 edition did not have the facts straight about the number of terrorist suspects charged sips the attacks of september 11th, 2001. sir, you talk about the suspect s september 11th. in the end you write quote only one such suspect was ever charged with a crime. that s not correct, is it, sir? you have nothing to say? at least 1 it it it 29 suspects had been convicted of terror-related charges in u.s. federal courts when professor brinkley s book was published. we posted their names on fox news.com. we asked him if he is planning to correct these inaccuracies in his next edition.
college students are getting fleeced. in 2009, college textbook sales are projected to rise 3.5% to more than $5 billion. tack on another 2.7 billion in used book sales and you are looking at some serious money. students have to pay whatever price the publisher charges for whatever product the publisher is going to sale. it s a textbook with a cd and work book packaged into it for $250. the students have to buy it. one of the reasons that we start the campaign is that students were really frustrated that they couldn t find used books. every few years publishers would come out with a new edition and all of the old books would become valueless. it s a tactic they use to get students to buy top dollar. instead of paying top dollar, some students are taking their business online. there is chegg.com.
raise a baby penguin and they live happily ever after. nothing in this book about bullying and harassment. all about two male penguins. and the kids with traditional values are the ones that are considered, you know, bullies. and no one is there to advocate for them. so how did the school board vote on the curriculum change? member spencer. oppose. member man. yes. member manning. yes. member mooney? yes. [cheers and applause] and the lgbt side has it 3 to 2. in a state that ranked third from the bottom in 2007 in fourth grade reading scores, the second grade students will be required to read tango makes three. and by 3rd grade watch that s a family. the best dads ever. the idea that they want to force this on children and parents and not even allow parents to opt their children out proves there is an agenda and they want to force this down these young kids throats.