If we leave the market alone, we will not achieve universal access, the only way to attain equity of opportunity for teachers and students. Connecting every public school classroom and library to the developing superhighway is a legitimate goal of public policy. Adopting regulatory policies that will advance this cause is crucial.
Predictor: Kerrey, Bob
Prediction, in context:In a 1994 essay for Wired magazine, Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Nebraska, and filmmaker George Lucas (“Star Wars”) discuss the importance of connecting schools and libraries in the new National Information Infrastructure. They write:”We support introducing competition into the local exchange market and using market-based theories and pricing. However, this doesn’t mean that subsidies and public mandates should be abandoned entirely; some of them are justified. If we leave the market alone, we will not achieve universal access, the only way to attain equity of opportunity for teachers and students. Connecting every public school classroom and library to the developing superhighway is a legitimate goal of public policy. Adopting regulatory policies that will advance this cause is crucial.”
Biography:Bob Kerrey was a U.S. senator who made technology issues part of his political agenda in the 1990s. (Legislator/Politician/Lawyer.)
Date of prediction: January 1, 1994
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: E-learning
Name of publication: Wired
Title, headline, chapter name: Access to Education
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.09/access.ed_pr.html
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