Textbook Evaluator [a new blog]

For those of you who simply cannot get enough of textbooks ... textbooks ... textbooks there are actually a number of blogs dedicated to the subject (on the web - there is no accounting for taste!) Anyway ... the site has its share of reviews, complaints, studies, interesting bits and pieces and more. The site also includes - from the About This Blog page:

The focus of this blog is on the use and abuse of textbooks in our public schools. We discuss the following topics:

• The textbook publishing industry
• Textbook adoptions by states, districts and schools
• Textbook evaluation criteria
• Evaluation processes
• Research on the effectiveness of textbooks and other instructional programs
• Independent ratings or reviews of textbooks in all disciplines