Digital library to lighten the load in Ridgewood schools
Monday June 10, 2013, 3:00 PM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Those 20-pound backpacks may soon be a thing of the past.
This summer, Ridgewood students will get more access to the Ridgewood Public Schools’ digital library and, for soon-to-be high school freshmen and some upperclassmen, exclusively online textbooks for their biology, algebra I and II, art history and AP chemistry classes for the first time.
The switch will save the district some money in the long run, while also offering students multimedia extras, like instructional videos and online assessments, which enhance the traditional textbook experience.
Many Ridgewood textbooks currently have e-book components, but this will be “the first time of its exclusive use,” said Superintendent Daniel Fishbein.
“I think it is inevitable but great,” he said. “We want the best textbook for our students. If that text is an e-book, then that is what our students deserve.”
