Everybody knows that science textbooks (or any textbooks, for that matter) are notorious for their high prices. Thus, it is always refreshing—and a bit exhilarating—to come across entire free texts.

A set of proposed life-science textbooks in Louisiana appears on track for adoption by the state’s school board, despite complaints that the materials don’t provide information questioning the theory ...

The Alabama Board of Education plans to make minor changes to its science course of study, but has no plans to remove a textbook insert, used since 1995, that calls evolution a “controversial theory.” ...