New High School Is First in Arizona Schools to Have No Textbooks

Empire High School in Vail, located on the edge ofcomputers instead of textbooks. The Arizona schools
Tucson, is the first in the Arizona schools to beofficials wanted to move teachers away from
all-electronic. Instead of textbooks, the 350 studentshabitual teaching from textbooks, cover-to-cover,
use wireless, Apple laptop computers to research,and gave area students the choice to attend Empire
organize their data, write and graph assignments, andor another school.Having researched schools in other
create class presentations.The Arizona schools Empirestates prior to the all-electronic decision, Arizona
High is a new school with a blank slate. Arizonaschools officials found students who were clearly
schools officials could hire new teachers committedmore engaged in their studies and unusually
to technology-based teaching and purchaseenthusiastic about school.