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Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FCC Chairman, Julius Genachowski on Feb 1 challenged schools and companies to get digital textbooks in students' hands within five years.

Discovery Education's new "Techbooks" are more than just digitized versions of static textbooks, the Techbooks include videos, embedded assessments, and other interactive features that leverage the power of the internet. "Our framework recognizes that coupling informational text with multi-modal content on the same topic, at varying reading levels, provides an unparalleled experience for 21st-century learners. "