1 to 1 computers are about being a "college and career ready", "global citizen", with progressive ideologies, separated from the values of parents and grandparents and ready to become cogs in the great masses of "human capital". You don't need 1 to 1 computers to get a great education.
"When children are referred to as human capital and viewed as workers for the workforce, it’s increasingly apparent to many that this ‘education reform’ is primarily for the venture capitalists and private corporations."
In North Carolina’s poorest county, Indian children get the equivalent of a year’s schooling in three weeks...
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