The Cyber Way to Knowledge

NCPA: How can we reform U.S. K-12 education so that U.S. students will be competitive with Finnish teenagers? Technology — particularly online education, say Terry M. Moe and John E. Chubb, authors of “Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education.”

Technology holds two potentially dramatic benefits, say the authors:

* One is simply a general improvement in education as students from “anywhere — poor inner cities, remote rural areas, even at home” gain access to high-caliber instruction.
* More important, is technology’s ability to destroy the political barriers that prevent education reform . . .