Certain members of the Democratic Party want to give electronic reading devices to every student in the country. Amazon.com should like the name of their proposal: “A Kindle in Every Backpack: A Proposal for eTextbooks in American Schools,” by the Democratic Leadership Council. The proposal suggests that government should furnish each student with a digital reading device, which would allow textbooks to be cheaply distributed and updated, and allow teachers to tailor an interactive curriculum that effectively competes for the attention of their students in the digital age. Continue reading and add a comment.