David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

• Author: Oliver, Charles
• Position: Brief Article

* Twelve of the most widely used middle-school science textbooks are riddled with errors, according to a study funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. In one text, a map showed the equator passing through the southern U.S. In another, a photo of singer Linda Ronstadt was labeled as a silicon crystal. "The books have a very large number of errors, many irrelevant...