http://netvouz.com/PROJECTCONSULT/tag/books?feed=rss PROJECTCONSULT's bookmarks tagged "books" on Netvouz http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2011/05/zero_tolerance.php Nicholas Carr | 20.05.2011 | Zero tolerance for print | Politicians are usually sticks in the mud, technologywise, but that certainly wasn't the case down in Tallahassee this week. Florida legislators closed their eyes, clicked their heels, and took a giant leap forward into the Information Age, passing a budget measure that bans printed textbooks from schools starting in the 2015-16 school year. That's right: four years from now it will be against the law to give a kid a printed book in a Florida school. One lawmaker said the bill was intended to "meet the students where they are in their learning styles," which means nothing but sounds warm and fuzzy. PROJECTCONSULT Thu, 26 May 2011 10:20:43 GMT