I just now sent this message on the US Chess Federation Web site, http://www.uschess.org/. Scholastic Chess includes all of the USCF activities in schools: teaching, clubs, tournaments, publications...
One Laptop Per Child (http://laptop.org/) and Sugar Labs (http://sugarlabs.og/) have put chess software, including a tutorial, on the OLPC XO, which is now in the hands of half a million children around the world. We would like to discuss with you an expansion of Scholastic Chess to dozens of countries and in time to many millions of children. In particular, we have the opportunity to create free electronic teaching materials for distribution on the laptops. International Master Josh Waitzkin has offered his book, The Art of Learning, if we can work out the licensing with the publisher. -- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep