Technology Makes Textbooks Lighter for Future Elementary Students.

Future Textbooks: Textbooks have changed much over the past century. We have evolved from the early primers, to Dick and Jane, to modern textbooks that cover today's abundant supply of curriculum standards. While the numerous amounts of standards have increased over the past few years, so has the weight of the textbooks. Today's elementary school textbooks are the size and weight of college level books of a few years ago. Along with this extra weight …showed first 75 words of 927 total…

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