In this Atlantic Monthly article the author argues that there is no good evidence that most uses of computers significantly improve teaching and learning, yet school districts are cutting programs-music, art, physical education-that enrich children's lives to make room for this dubious nostrum. Lets think through the matter of computers in the classroom clearly before rushing to embrace them at such great cost.

Russell Kirk's sobering reflections on the computer age are more pertinent today than at their writing in 1987.

Children growing up today are headed toward some formidable challenges.

The highest values of education in a democracy are more than the competitive advantage of an increasingly productive labor force.

Without competition, monopolies are free to impose high prices and shabby products on consumers.

Question: Are families that choose private schools and home education for their children more likely than families involved in public schools to be socially isolated and withdrawn from participation in civic life? Answer: Absolutely not.

Some of the confusion surrounding outcome-based education is based on semantics.

Recast these four core terms-public school, teacher, curriculum and standards, and who's in charge locally-and America will get the education reforms it needs.

Popular American author, Tom Wolfe, recently offered a solution to improve U.S. students' performance-scrap computers and restore order in the class room.

Some school officials imagined that by-the-book penalties, by eliminating discretion, would reduce parental protests and litigation.