Listen to those parents in Fairfax County. Americans need a true national digital library full of copyrighted books for readers of all ages, not just a national digital storefront with links. To the end the White House ignored the pleas of teachers and librarians for greater representation on the Council. Coincidentally or not, the political donations from Hollywood and other major copyright interests kept pouring in to politicians of both parties. For a supposedly education-minded Administration and its friends, this is a real black mark.
S o is the neglect of children's true needs.
But guess what. On the one hand, organizations such as Consumers Union complain about how commercialism is creeping into America's classrooms. A student essay from, say, the next decade offers a glimpse of how tomorrow's students will learn their ABCs. It's like Sega, MTV and DisneyWurld all mixed up together. The teachers here are really res too.