Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger put out an appeal last week in the Journal of Higher Education to donate money to create textbooks online that would be free to children in grades K-12 worldwide. While that is a great idea, the appeal should be re-worded to say "support existing efforts to create open educational materials for students worldwide."
A large open education movement already exists primarily supported by the Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, CA. Of course, Hewlett Foundation...
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