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The term "English Plus" originated in a 1985 letter to then-Secretary of Education William Bennett from the Spanish American League Against Discrimination. [5] We fear that Secretary Bennett has lost sight of the fact that English is a key to equal educational opportunity, necessary but not sufficient. English by itself is not enough.
A digital textbook is a digital book or e-book intended to serve as the text for a class. Digital textbooks may also be known as e-textbooks or e-texts . Digital textbooks are a major component of technology-based education reform.
In 2007, Pearson partnered with four other higher-education publishers to create CourseSmart, a company developed to sell college textbooks in eTextbook format on a common platform. [61] In 2011, Pearson obtained a five-year, $32 million contract with the New York State Department of Education to design tests for students in grades 3–8. [62]
Every year I see university students lamenting the excessive cost of textbooks but never questioning if the book is truly "needed" - and for over 80% of my engineering courses, the answer was no.
Hair loss in men is common, and a quick Google search reveals all sorts of options for reducing and reversing thinning hair — topical minoxidil, hair transplant surgery, serums, and even ...
The United States Food and Drug Administration issued multiple advisories on Wednesday for oysters and clams that they say could be contaminated with norovirus, a serious gastrointestinal illness ...
Logo The Christie Mirage 5000, a 2001 DLP projector. Digital light processing (DLP) is a set of chipsets based on optical micro-electro-mechanical technology that uses a digital micromirror device. It was originally developed in 1987 by Larry Hornbeck of Texas Instruments. While the DLP imaging device was invented by Texas Instruments, the ...
An open textbook is a textbook licensed under an open license, and made available online to be freely used by students, teachers and members of the public. Many open textbooks are distributed in either print, e-book, or audio formats that may be downloaded or purchased at little or no cost. [1]