Electronic Materials Added To N.M. Text-Adoption List
New Mexico schools will be able to use state textbook funds to buy electronic materials for social-studies classes and reference needs, under an unusual textbook-adoption process approved by the state board of education.
Among 4,000 separate items adopted by the board last month were several CD-ROM-based products, a software-based electronic globe, an on-line data-base service, and a line of hand-held electronic-spelling devices.
Products on the list may be bought with state textbook funds, which often are used to enable districts to buy items they...
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