Let's abolish copyright while we're at it. Via…

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http://hewlett.org/blog/posts/why-we-fund-open-textbooks-and-plan-do-more
Let's abolish copyright while we're at it. Via @[588732176:2048:Christine Peterson].

"A rigorous study published in Education Researcher last year found that students who used open science textbooks in Utah high schools performed better than students using proprietary science textbooks. Amazingly, the open textbooks cost about $5 per student while the proprietary textbooks cost $75 per student, which demonstrates remarkable learning outcomes per dollar."