[geeks] OLPCs for sale...

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Nov 16, 2007, at 1:31 AM, wa2egp at att.net wrote:

>> I guess they couldn't think of a better way to spend $3M in  
>> Alabama... Being
>> ranked 48th[0] (out of 51 - D.C. brings up the rear, despite having  
>> the highest
>> average pay per teacher[1]) is pretty bad, maybe 15,000 laptops can  
>> help them
>> turn the tide!
>
> Here we go again with the average thing.

Tteacher's unions frequently cite this as the number one cause of bad  
teaching all over the country.

So... citing averages is a valid counter to that kind of argument.

> Laptops are NOT going to solve the problem.  It just makes it look  
> like
> the problem will be solved.

Naturally.

It's far easier to spend money that to actually do something with it.


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Shannon Hendrix
shannon at widomaker.com