That our political leaders have made the Internet an educational issue shows how shallow our national conversation about education has become. Network technology is what you invest in after you have some idea of what you want an educational system to do and be - not before. Today's Internet infatuation is emblematic of a society that would rather buy tools than go through the painful process of figuring out how best to use them. The courageous stand is to fight to keep the Internet out of the schools. Illustration by Dave Plunkert Join the HotWired Network, it's free .
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