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Textbook costs have risen faster than the cost of housing, medical services and the consumer price index.

Letters to the editor for Tuesday, May 25, 2021 Schools should limit screen time Collier County School District should be commended for educating our children during one of the most challenging periods in recent history. Computer-based learning was fast-tracked, in many cases to limit contact to minimize the risks of spreading illness. But, is this reliance on computer-based learning now here to stay? Screens can play a role in the classroom, but overuse of screen time has many proven detrimental effects on general health, mental health, and brain functions necessary for learning. Furthermore...

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Letters to the Editor for Friday, May 14, 2021 Offering editing tips I’m puzzled. When launched by Gannett the USA TODAY newspaper’s national success hinged on presenting basic “Who, What, When, Why and Where” informative articles sometimes in one or two paragraphs but always complete on one page. Now all of Gannett’s newspapers’ articles are the length of novelettes sometimes covering several pages and larded with purple prose requiring readers to search through several paragraphs for the point and salient details of the story. This runs totally contrary to the recognized wisdom ...

Letters to the Editor for Tuesday May 11, 2021 Thanks for listening Where has civility gone? I have been playing tennis at the Naples Beach and Golf Club for years. I have also been part of the group that was attempting to save the facility so we could continue to play there in the years to come…but at some point the attempt went sour. Distrust abounded toward the Athens Group, the naming of the changes being proposed “an amusement park”, ( did anyone see a Ferris wheel in the plans?) and the audacity by some to try and stop the whole project emerged.