Resonding to School Board member Catherine Shreves' listing of research studies, Michael Atherton wrote: > > Ah, the old shotgun approach to parent involvement: give them so much > information they won't be able to evaluate it. Not that I have the time, > but I can almost promise you (knowing the older research) that > none of these studies will show that computers have more than > a 10% impact on overall student achievement (and that's being > really generous; I think that most well designed and controlled > studies will show far less).
[TB] One of the problems with many of civic discussions is many would rather base them on emotion than facts. Now, even though I don't have the time or interest to study all of the facts on every issue, I certainly appreciate it when Catherine Shreves and others let us know where we can find them. It certainly is better than saying "I don't have the time to do the research, but this is what I think it will say". Geezzz, don't tell me that studies provided by a person who devotes a significant portion of their life to the subject are going to say in the same sentance that you tell me that you don't have time to read them. Terrell Brown Loring Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------- "So many right wing Christians, .... too few lions." -Unknown _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
