It is not only on Bainbridge that tech levies for schools are contested. On January 20, the Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat writes about the controversy taking place in Bellevue and he refers to the German study I mentioned earlier last year (see the previous "computers and education" posts).
I was sad to read his 5 year old daughter is "painting" using a computer: I do hope she still paints with her fingers and real colors and does not exclusively rely on the computer... The Bellevue levy also aims to bring the famous computerized white boards into each classroom: more screens...
There is a fiscally conservative component to the levy opposition in Bellevue (as there was here) and I find it legitimate to evaluate how taxes are being used but my main personal concern is educational: I don't believe screens are useful within the classroom (except for a few limited exceptions that don't warrant any tech levy as offered now by a very aloof educracy and the computer lobby that cashes in millions of dollars).
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