[Cincinatus' Wife]

***Despite pleas from the state Board of Education, the Legislature cut textbook funding by $182 million this year. As the school year begins, some books are 14 years old, and gaffes in accuracy are inevitable. ***

Maybe they should have bought books instead of spending in other areas.

Another school on a "tight" budget:

Board scrubs $1,750 a day school speaker***"It's paid by a federal grant," School Board member Dennis Reid said, dismissing concern over how the money is used.***

[lawdude]

"Texas history teachers this year won't have to use antiquated textbooks..."

How in the hell can a HISTORY book be "OUTDATED"? Has history changed?

Is it suddenly fact that the Americans bombed the poor unsuspecting Japanese at Pearl Harbor? Did Reagan take bull dozers and tear down the wall in Berlin?

Did Jefferson marry a black and have all white children from a mistress? Did the slaves free Lincoln?

WTF.

I can unserstand the books being worn out...but antiquated (meaning out dated)?

Bull Hockey

[cyborg]

After having attended college, I believe school textbooks are woefully expensive as well

[Aliska]

I think a lot of money is wasted on all these overly-expensive books. They don't need those fancy books and don't get their money's worth out of them unless they read them cover-to-cover and even then, they are not worth their high cost. Another scam imo.