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Friday, October 18, 2002
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/editor.html The Politics of Education Susan McLester, Editor in Chief Last August, an article entitled, "Is Our Children Learning?" appeared in the business and technology magazine Red Herring. The premise of the piece, which was written by Julie Landry, is summarized in the article's teaser, "Each year more than $5 billion is spent on computers in the classroom. But it's the tech companies that benefit." The article was brought to my attention by several people; though I considered responding to it in the September edition of this column, I decided not to. Why? Because it contained no news, no thought-provoking arguments, and basically, not even a carefully considered point of view. The only reason I acknowledge it now is that it seems--incredibly--to have sustained somewhat of a buzz....
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