Scott McNealy: “We are spending $8 billion to $15 billion per year on textbooks” in the United States, Mr. McNealy says. “It seems to me we could put that all online for free.”
This is a great idea. One modest step in bringing down the cost of education. Go Scott!
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This is an incredible idea especially because it would reduce or even eliminate the ability for Texas to heavily control/slant what goes into textbooks. I love it.
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