Officials in the Sanford school district in Maine hope to one day replace textbooks with online resources to save money on textbooks. Recently, however, schools were unable to increase technology spending because of tight budgets. One state official said many online resources are free and have the added benefit of being updated frequently -- compared with traditional textbooks that can become outdated quickly.
Using digital resources in place of textbooks, though a foreign concept to many, is a viable solution for presenting instructional content to students.
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