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The Knowledge Gap
Published on 5 Feb, 2008 at 3:09 in College | Viewed 914 views times | No Comments
When Chip Kimball took over as the chief technology officer in Washington state’s Lake Washington school district more than a decade ago, he quickly realized that his boss, the superintendent, knew little about technology.
That knowledge gap, says Kimball, meant the district was buying very expensive hardware, like Ethernet switches, when less-expensive technology would have worked. “The tech team was overspecifying switches,” asking for all kinds of capabilities that weren’t…
Public education and our Nation’s children matter and we must raise our voices!
Published on 1 Feb, 2008 at 3:03 in College | Viewed 940 views times | No Comments
Marcie Lipsitt Columnist EdNews.org
The Reverend Martin Luther King once said, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” Public education and our Nation’s children matter and we must raise our voices, passion, and intensity for their sake and that of America’s future as the leader of all industrialized nations. The presidential candidates and the news media have been eerily silent during the political campaigns…