Many of my clients are textbook publishers, designers or compositors; so I thought I knew a little bit about the field. But when I read this article (reprinted from Edutopia magazine) written by someone with deep experience in the industry, I could hardly believe my eyes. As a former public school teacher (way back in a previous life), it was one of the most depressing things I've ever read.

I suppose this is why my friends who are teachers (or who are home schooling their kids) are always cobbling together their own source materials instead of using a textbook.

The Muddle Machine: Confessions of a Textbook Editor
http://www.edutopia.org/muddle-machine

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