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Stephen Downes comenta esta iniciativa de la ciudad de Filadelfia (las frases no entrecomilladas).
Si la gestión por parte de una empresa de sus escuelas públicas ha conducido al desastre absoluto,
al menos, los alumnos podrán "arreglar" lo de sus notas con facilidad :-)

Its last partnership with private enterprise, a
much-maligned contract with Edison Schools, having failed,
the City of Philadelphia is turning now to a partner with
deeper pockets: Microsoft. "A $46 million high school
dazzling with the latest technology - from interactive
digital textbooks and computerized tablets to electronic
play diagrams for the basketball team - will be built by
the Philadelphia School District in partnership with
Microsoft Corp., officials announced yesterday." I'm
not sure of the wisdom of spending $46 million on 700
students, and I'm certainly not certain about the wisdom of
letting a single company - which will provide "
full-time on-site project manager, planning and design
expertise, staff training, and continuing technology
support" - such control over the educational agenda.
On the bright side, parents and students will be easily
able to enter the administrative system and change their
grades. By Susan Snyder, Philadelphia Inquirer, September
5, 2003
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