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Instead of mass-produced textbooks, the more than 3,100 sophomores in the state's largest district are learning from an online curriculum [...] distributed over the web.

I thought the whole point of the article is that the alternative taken up was a digital one. The scenario you describe seems unlikely, and very cynical.



Maybe unlikely in this particular case, but plenty of college professors write their own books and then make them required reading for their students.




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