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History in black and white

US controversy on treatment of slavery and equal rights in textbooks...

Change in educational media

Call for contributions to online journal...

Apple turns iPad into textbook

New product to attract students and authors...

Textbook purge in Libya

Back in school, students wait for Gaddafi-free textbooks...

From dictatorship to regime

Chilean authorities want to put new term for Pinochet era in textbooks...

Europe as a challenge for French history textbooks

Changes in the European Union put pressure on education department and publishers...

Interactive graphics and quizzes to help you learn

New college biology textbook to be published online...

Macedonian textbooks full of errors

Will new procedures solve the problem?...

Digital textbook: vision or reality?

Study asks internet users to judge hypothetical product...

Women underrepresented

French history textbooks are still dominated by men...

Open educational resources online are valuable

Large consensus among US academic leaders ...

The locker and the textbook

US trend to remove one after the other...

From excellent to insufficient

German consumer protection agency presents and grades online educational media ...

Textbook-scanning teachers in Germany under pressure

Official agreement with textbook publishers on copyright threatens sound teaching practice...

Educational media wherever you look

Leipzig Book Fair creates new label “Focus Education”...

Teaching resources from Oldenburg to cover energy in class

Download material for teachers and textbook publishers...

US research review of educational software contradicts hype

Textbook-based teaching of math remains competitive...

Migration as a textbook subject

Austrian research project gets students involved...

”Learning to read … in more than one language“!

Reading Primers Special Interest Group publishes exhibition catalogue on educational media for plurilingual reading instruction...

Multilingualism as an asset

Textbook conference held in tri-lingual Italian province...

Food for thought, not for emotions

9/11 in school textbooks...

34 contestants for textbook of the year 2012

Teachers to nominate books for additional award...

Two new letters in the alphabet

Controversy over language choice in Montenegrin school textbooks...

Sex education in China

Primary school textbook equips sperm with swimming goggles ...

Teachers in Zurich reject compulsory English textbook

Resistance to university predominance in textbook production...

Biased picture of Arabs and Palestinians?

Israeli peace activist criticizes Israeli school textbooks...

Controversy over French tradition of vacation activity textbooks

An opportunity for the underprivileged?...

Program of conference on “Multilingualism in school textbooks“

Textbook experts to meet in Brixen from September 22 to 24, 2011 ...

Arthur is a parrot

Textbook pet leaves traces in collective memory...

South Korean textbooks to go digital soon

US media see US losing race...

One-sided account on double page

Jewish lobby groups put pressure on French textbook publisher...

Our new history textbook

Future teachers write textbook chapters...

Free child care for all?

US parents accuse textbook of promoting a liberal agenda...

Drop the subject, it’s too controversial

South Korea cuts textbook treatment of two Koreas...

Bilingual education

New primer for Bosnian/Croatin/Serbian instruction in Austria...

Reading primers and basal readers worldwide

First edition of international bibliography accessible online now...

No place for note-taking

Academic reading too complex for present-day e-readers...

Textbook of the year

Georg Eckert Institute to award prize in three fields...

Traditional family predominates in Greek primary school textbooks

Lecture at the Academy for reading promotion in Hanover...

How objective are our history textbooks?

Critic detects hidden value judgments and misplaced neutrality...

California bill to put gays in textbooks

Testing the limits of political correctness...

History textbooks to put Mubarak in his place

Egyptian committee recommends textbook overhaul...

Cheaper textbooks, delivered on time?

South Africa plans to centralize procurement of school books...

Japanese textbooks keep border dispute alive

Russia and South Korea protest...

Textbook liberalization as fatal error of the autocrats

Textbook lessons fuel Arab protest movement...

What is sexually provocative?

Parent of US 11th grader offended by textbook picture...

Integration as a textbook cause

French senator suggests Franco-African history textbook...

Online tutoring to match the textbook

German publisher targets math and English ...

Open content in Utah high school

Home-made course material to replace textbooks...

Are textbook publishers’ catalogues too complex to understand?

Seeking advice at the Stuttgart education fair didacta 2011...

Research on textbooks goes virtual

Georg Eckert Institute presents internet-based research environment...

Valuable textbook knowledge

Game show with textbook questions copied by many...

Bertelsmann on their way to the textbook market?

Investment in Flat World Knowledge...

Multilingualism in school textbooks

Symposium to be held in northern Italy on September 23, 2011...

From kit to printed workbook

German textbook publisher creates online platform...

Textbook lessons on heart do not reach students

Indian study shows prevailing misconceptions...

Taking percentages as an app for the road

Doing math and understanding math on the iPhone...

Strict standards did not prevent textbook errors

Virginia plans to hold publishers responsible for textbook accuracy...

From Antiquity to 1815

Presentation of last volume of Franco-German history textbook ...

Cross-border applicants wanted

Search is on for publishers of Polish-German history textbooks...

Textbooks are a tool – but whom for?

Contradictory positions at Munich conference...

Printed textbooks still competitive

E-books have drawbacks too...

When we were students…

Private textbook collector publishes samples from old textbooks...

Black battalions pass review

US publisher mails sticker to hide error...

Forbidden links

Moral watchdogs find fault with sex education links in Swiss textbook...

Difficult-to-read fonts make learning easier

Princeton study on disfluency...

Locked up knowledge

US high school protects textbooks from students...

No experiments?

Publisher to augment chemistry textbook reality...

Sin of omission

Israeli textbooks said to ignore existence of Palestinians...

How textbooks talk about immigration

An Austrian study ...

Focus on competencies

Ichenhausen conference on tasks in textbooks...

Male characters dominate ...

... says study on 51 Finnish textbooks ...

A textbook to learn about the Bible

US public schools offer Bible literacy classes ...

Five video clips to cover November 9th

Online resource to enrich German history textbooks...

A comic book to teach management

Texas professor puts all the textbook facts in a picture story...

Error hunt in Macedonia

Textbook picture of Muhammad provokes debate...

Exercises link textbooks to classroom interaction

Updated program for Ichenhausen conference (September 30 – October 2, 2010)...

The new family in our textbooks

Dutch publisher plans to introduce homosexual parents...

Paper knowledge lasts longer

Florida newspaper reader debunks superiority of electronic textbooks...

Making money with free online textbooks

US companies try to conquer the education market, online...

Fighting the infidels

Saudi spokesman announces textbook overhaul...

Napoleon’s Waterloo

Historian bemoans culture of self-denigration in textbooks and class...

Is Georgia fighting a textbook war?

200 years of Russian occupation to be covered by new schoolbook...

A question of context

German publisher has to rewrite US chapter in English textbook...

Used textbooks

Learning from them leaves traces in Florida and elsewhere...

Direct access to old thinking

Georg Eckert Institute puts digitized textbooks online...

Rented books prevent active reading

Textbook rental project of public library might do more harm than good...

Links bad for learning

Nicholas Carr provides arguments for printed textbooks...

No easy victory for digital textbooks

Many college students prefer print...

Exercises in Schoolbooks (Sept. 30 – October 2, 2010)

Program of annual conference in Ichenhausen published now...

Additional material to counterbalance biased textbook

Japanese teachers challenge educational authorities...

Print version to come later

In France, new curricula prevent on-time textbook delivery ...

Going beyond the cover to judge a textbook

Publisher permits potential adopters to leaf through its products online...

Contagious disorder

Behavioral therapist pleads for simpler textbooks...

iPad to replace printed textbooks

California school starts pilot project...

Subject matters

In Germany, geography textbooks draw worst picture of market economy...

Is creation a myth?

Tennessee vote on biology book postponed...

Taxes are good

Côte d’Ivoire puts message in primary school textbooks...

You name it, we’ve got it

German publishers praise their new textbooks...

No hip-hop, more Reagan

Political division over Texas history and social studies standards...

Studies on Reading Primers

RP-SIG Workshop 2010: Call for Papers...

Digital textbook to be mandatory

French commission strives to promote digital media in education...

The risks of outsourcing

Jesus picture in Indian reading primer triggers protests...

Math night to end math war

US parents get involved in textbook choice...

Exercises in schoolbooks

Call for Papers for 2010 conference ...

Textbook helps keep discipline

French teachers told to rely on its authority ...

Pictures in schoolbooks

Proceedings of Ichenhausen conference now available...

Lesson plans and tests on sale

Teachers market their experience...

Burglars go after textbooks

Belgian donation does not reach Congolese kids...

E-textbooks nowhere in sight

Publishers have too much to lose...

Is eDGe the textbook of the future?

Dual-screen device to offer educational content plus interactive tools...

Incomplete and misleading ?

Contradictory reports about representation of Poland in foreign textbooks...

In Focus: Textbooks for Beginning Readers

Expert Network Publishes First Newsletter (December 2009)...

Knowing less to get along better?

Iraqi textbook showing diversity accused of deepening divisions...

Well explained?

New textbook website promises a lot and delivers – advertizing ...

Are incomprehensible textbooks scholars’ fault?

Armenian government strengthens influence of teachers...

The book to explain the math book

Eleventh-graders develop study aids and market them ...

High-tech spending up, textbooks down

Detroit switches priorities, causing textbook shortage...

Textbook nostalgia

Exhibitions of historical schoolbooks bring back memories...

A common textbook for three Asian neighbors?

New Japanese government open for talks with South Korea and China...

France counts up to 80 percent outdated textbooks

Too many reforms for a limited budget...

Terrorists or no terrorists?

US history textbook provokes political intervention in Lebanon...

Gender stereotypes to suit the customer

Girls only and boys only primary school learning aids published in Germany...

Home-made textbooks

Teachers encouraged to publish their personal teaching material...

Where is the other side of the coin?

Belgrade conference analyzes textbook stereotypes ...

In Focus: Reading Primers

New International Network to Study Textbooks for Beginning Readers...

The presentation of friends and enemies in schoolbooks

Final Program for Belgrade Conference published ...

Debatable value judgments

Council of Europe Committee finds fault with Croatian textbooks...

Clouded memories

Politicians try to remember their textbooks...

Untold history

Mexico divided over primary school textbook...

A say in textbook selection

Parents are concerned and have rights...

Digital textbooks divide experts

Money matters in future choices...

Belgium finances textbooks for Congo

Well-meant cultural import meets with criticism...

History didactics and textbook analysis

Trilingual conference to be held in Braunschweig in mid-September 2009 ...

Creation of Israel no catastrophe

Government plans to remove controversial term from textbooks...

Lebanese commission wants to eliminate sexism in school books

Education minister approves recommendations...

A common history textbook for Germans and Russians?

Subject at Munich conference of July 14-16...

Public has say on book selection

Textbooks on display in schools across Georgia!...

The historicity of modern history education

August 2010 Conference in Leuven calls for papers...

Are free books worthless?

Students are often careless with textbooks...

YouTube as a model

Scribd may be the future place to go for textbook authors and users...

50 lectures in two days and a half

Textbook conference in Belgrade draws scholars from across the world...

Laptops: a long-term alternative to textbooks?

Money buys laptops in Maine, runs short in Minnesota ...

Too little instruction, too much inter-religious harmony

Islamic organization takes position on new textbook...

Textbooks on demand in Afghanistan

Problems subsist in distribution and quality control...

Digital textbooks to reduce cost of education

Will political correctness stall Schwarzenegger’s project?...

The fall of the Berlin Wall – an anniversary

Its traces in textbooks and in personal memories...

Fear of biased textbooks

Ukrainian government wants to create national identity...

Digital textbooks put to the test

French pilot study to start this fall...

The need to lighten the load

Fifth-graders suffer from weight of textbooks...

Textbook objectors

Germans seek asylum in US to homeschool their children...

Textbooks to encourage doubts about evolution

Texas Board of Education opens door to creationists...

Online testing to guide textbook choice

German textbook publishers use diagnostic tests as marketing tools...

To use and modify

The first open-source textbook goes online...

Controversial town names

Are German names for towns in Eastern Europe still appropriate?...

Difficult choice

Virginian parents asked to participate in textbook selection...

Time for the truth

Cambodians publish textbook on Khmer rouge genocide...

National standards pave way for nationwide textbooks

Minister appeals to state authorities...

The use of textbooks

June 10 conference in Montpellier calls for papers...

Proud to be Indian

Education Minister favors textbook reform to remove Western bias...

Conflicting interests

Expert enumerates textbook requirements...

Short life expectancy

In Australia, new textbook editions waste money and paper...

Learning tool or mere decoration?

Conference on textbook illustrations held in Ichenhausen...