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Technology No Quick Fix for Ailing Schools

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Educational software, a $2 billion-a-year industry that has become the darling of school systems across the country, has no significant impact on student performance, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Education. (Washington Post ^[1], Thursday)

Maybe the fault lies not in the software but in the system itself.

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Can the Free Market Provide Public Education? ^[2] by Sheldon Richman

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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040402715.html?hpid=topnews

[2] Can the Free Market Provide Public Education?: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=2270

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