The German textbook publishers are staking out their territory on the e-book market. On the occasion of didacta, the German education fair, held in Hannover (February 14-18, 2012), they announced the launch of a digital textbook platform after this year’s summer vacation. At that time, several hundred textbooks from different publishers will be.. more

This year’s conference of textbook experts scheduled for September 28 through 30, 2012, at Ichenhausen (Bavaria) will turn its back on printed textbooks and focus on their electronic rivals. “Digital Educational Media” will be the subject, as was announced at the previous conference in September 2011 in Brixen. Now the call for papers has been.. more

Conservative groups in some US states have been and are trying to modify the representation of race relations in school textbooks. The most recent example is an initiative in Tennessee. A group of Tea Party activists seek to change the criteria for textbook selection. They want to establish the guideline that "no portrayal of minority experience.. more