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When you look up results from schools that have tried this, generally colleges, the results are largely negative. Most people think they make great book readers but are not suitable for the way a school will use them. Personally I think part of that may come down a training issue of how to properly bookmark pages and note things, etc. Perhaps some teaching would help out, but I have no idea how much training they go over in the colleges that have attempted this. I also don't know if the small percentage that liked them knew the ins and outs better or if it's more a matter of them not using the textbooks in the same fashion.
If they do go through with this, as someone else said, with the age group it would do best to make sure they do something to keep the screens from breaking. Whether or not e-readers are too fragile seems to come up as it is. Change the demographic to 16 year olds and watch the fun.
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