For the Children or for the Tribune?
The Tribune has treated us yesterday and today to a series about the sorry state and high cost of textbooks in Illinois. The series seems to lean toward increased state spending and new sources for textbooks. Readers might be interested to know who, besides the children of Illinois, stands to benefit from increased state investment in new sources for textbooks: the Tribune.
The Tribune's textbook-related investments have included The Wright Group, the leading publisher of language educational materials for use in elementary schools, as well as Contemporary Books, GED Materials, Compton's Learning Company, SoftKey, Lightspan partnership, and varsitybooks.com.
I did not see any disclosure in the Tribune stories of the Tribune's involvement in textbook sales. So we see, again, that this is all much bigger than baseball.
The Tribune's textbook-related investments have included The Wright Group, the leading publisher of language educational materials for use in elementary schools, as well as Contemporary Books, GED Materials, Compton's Learning Company, SoftKey, Lightspan partnership, and varsitybooks.com.
I did not see any disclosure in the Tribune stories of the Tribune's involvement in textbook sales. So we see, again, that this is all much bigger than baseball.
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