To: i-node who wrote (195062 ) 7/19/2004 11:32:49 PM From: tejek Read Replies (1) | Respond to >>>>>>>Kids who are going to need to use computers to get ahead in their careers don't have to have them in school? Yeah, there are a lot of schools that wished they had that problem. You make a lot of assumptions with limited input: while only 39 percent of classrooms in schools with high concentrations of poverty (based on 71 percent student eligibility for free or reduced-price lunches) had Internet access in 1999, 74 percent of classrooms in schools with lower concentrations of poverty had Internet access by that time (NCES, 2000a) between 1994 and 1999, while students in schools with low concentrations of poverty were most likely to be assigned computer-related tasks focused on active learning, students in schools in which 71 percent or more of the student body was eligible for free or reduced-price school lunch were more likely to be assigned practice drills than any other computer-related task (NCES, 2000b) edchange.org I think we've discussed this before. Governments are remarkably inefficient at spending money. As a result, they spend 20 grand on software nobody can use. Typical. Have you ever studied the concept of Diminishing Marginal Utility? The money that flows to schools beyond some point reaches a point of Diminishing Marginal Utility. Yes, all schools need to be funded to some reasonable level. Beyond that, it is wasted and doesn't contribute to the students' educations.
