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I can't see elementary and secondary schools switching to electronic format in the foreseeable future unless kindles become inexpensive (cheaper than the cost of one textbook) and indestructible.
My dad worked on a grant for the last two years that he was an elementary school principal. It was a "reading first" grant which provided the school with teaching support, technology, and training programs for teachers to assist them in learning new ways to teach reading. They got the grant and got probably 30% of the materials they would need for the program in the first year. The year after my dad retired, the grant budget was cut and they were cut out completely. Even if schools were able to get grants to provide kindles (as they are) to their students, the likelihood that the grant money would hold out long enough to support the program is slim to none.
College students are different because they are more likely to shoulder the costs (and see the benefits to switching to electronic format) and benefit the most from switching. Plus, if the student shoulders the costs, they're more likely to take care of the equipment or at least pay for it to be replaced if it's broken or lost. Elementary and high school students will probably not have that responsibility.
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