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    MarthaMar 5, 2013 at 10:11 am

    Kate,

    This is a nice opinion piece. In the future, if you are talking about technology for students, I urge you and your colleagues to conduct some additional research. For example, Riverside District 96 has a one-to-one laptop program from 5th-8th grade. This program was initially supported by a grant, but that is long gone and the taxpayers are paying heavily for the administrative costs of this program, including several full-time employees. This is not an insignificant cost and it has not been offset by improved learning outcomes. In fact, at a recent D96 board of ed meeting, the administrator in charge of the program, Elizabeth Whaley, admitted that she hoped there would be less shallow learning with the computers in the future. As a parent, I have noticed the much weaker education of my 8th grader as compared to my 11th grader who did not have a laptop during school,

    No matter what, a laptop or other device should never impact class size. I hope all of you stay on top of this.

    Good luck with the Green Goal–perhaps if the board doesn’t reinstate it, you could consider having it as part of the “PTO” agenda? Doing that would allow grant applications as a 501(c)3 organization.

    Thank you!

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