From the “Why Technology is Important in Education Dept” this just in:
Racine Sophomores Discover Asteroid - Education News Story - WISN Milwaukee
RACINE, Wis. — Three Racine sophomore students were notified on Monday that a celestial body they discovered during a science project had been verified as an asteroid.
And from the perspective of the Digital Divide in Education, is this information a surprise to anybody?
There’s a lot that’s wrong with the Solomon book. I’m not going to give out spoilers on the Introduction just yet. I’ll give you a chance to read and think about it a little. One point — that the higher the SES, the more likely the student is to use the computer to learn instead of learning from the computer — may not have changed that much.

January 16th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
[...] Reading Phaedrus today reinforced what I believe too that very little has changed in terms of who is receiving the [...]
January 19th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I have heard of this Prairie School before. And after reading information from the homepage I think public schools could take some pointers. Their A7 philosophy makes perfect sense. I think that a lot of these character traits are exactly what kids these days are missing. Afterall, a little adaptability, accountability, and altruism can go a long way.