Would a “cash-for-clunkers” type program benefit the educational publishing industry?
This was selected as Best Answer I’m not sure that this idea makes the best sense economically. However, it would be extremely helpful to mid-size, middle-class districts who just need a little “push” to update their textbooks. (One district that I taught for had history books that were over twelve years old, and they could have been persuaded to trade up at a discount like the one you are describing.) However, I can’t see the government funding this one. The national economy is in enough of a bind. Also, don’t let the “go tech or die” folks forget that some schools are lacking even the basics of up-to-date resources, and computers enough for every student to read their textbook online is unrealistic in the extreme. A government subsidy toward providing e-book readers or something similar to read your newly-developed online textbooks would be more helpful to those of us in the public schools than a textbook rebate program.
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