textbooks
Publishing Company Starts School Year by Removing Over 1,000 E-Textbooks
Cash-strapped students rely on access to cheap digital textbooks. Only a few weeks into the fall semester, hundreds of titles suddenly disappeared.
Medical Textbooks Overwhelmingly Use Pictures of Young White Men
"You shouldn't have a 20-year-old with coronary artery disease."
Malaysian Textbook Tells Young Girls That Their Bodies Could Bring Shame to Their Families
It goes on to warn nine year olds about the dangers of wearing immodest clothing and sitting in a quiet place for too long.
'Fear of the Clit': A Brief History of Medical Books Erasing Women's Genitalia
We've come a long way since scientists asserted that the clitoris was a deformity, but the view of women as underdeveloped men and child receptacles still haunts our textbooks.
Florida Bills Would Let Citizens Remove Textbooks That Mention Climate Change and Evolution
One resident complained that “evolution is now taught as fact”.
Portland's Public Schools Are Throwing Out Books That Deny Climate Change
The Oregon city's school board has decided that climate change isn't a two-sided argument.
These Books Will Make You Nostalgic For the Early Days of Computer Programming
Robots and ‘Space Invader’ aliens help you learn coding fundamentals.
Textbooks Get Twisted in a New Paper Installation
Carved textbook busts and a giant binder clip dragon make a statement about education in the U.S. and China.
A Small Victory for Accurate Climate Science — And in Texas of all Places
The world's largest textbook publisher caved under public pressure and removed a passage denying human-caused climate change, but another publisher continues to say there's a debate about climate science.
I'm a Grown-Ass Woman Who Reenrolled in High School for a Day
I learned about biology, bathrooms, mediocre lunches, and film history while gawking at just how crazily young all my classmates looked.