Apple recently announced a handful of new initiatives focused on making digital books more accessible in the classroom. The company launched a new version of its iBooks (iBooks 2) iOS application for the iPhone and iPad app, which will offer highly interactive electronic textbooks, as well as a new textbook section in the iBookstore. It also debuted an updated version of its education-based service iTunes U, which gives teachers the ability to do much more than create lectures for download. While all of these additions are great, some people are skeptical that Apple’s new initiative can do much to improve the country’s education system.