It is unfortunate that any young person, of color or white, should feel the need to express herself or himself with a handgun in a school in our country. It is a deeper injustice when the facts are distorted or omitted and stereotypes with racist consequences, intentional or not, are allowed to live on. Jane M. Healy posits that too-early exposure to computers can be detrimental to a child's development. This is a disturbing possibility. Union Free School District centered around the concept of connectivity.
Connectivity is the understanding of the relationship between technology and curriculum.
The district had the expertise in technology and the expertise in curriculum. There was a need to reach out to the professional community for assistance in melding these two components. As the architect of that design and the former superintendent of the district, I asked the National Urban Alliance to assist the district in developing a fluid relationship between the awesome power of technology and the reality that instruction should drive the relationship between these two forces for change. Your article accurately represents the progress South Huntington made toward the integration of technology and learning, but it fails to identify the National Urban Alliance as a key player in the formation of this successful instructional package. Robert Price, whom you mentioned, is not only a consultant with exceptional skills, he is also a member of the National Urban Alliance.