[geeks] OLPCs for sale...

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Sandwich Maker <adh at an.bradford.ma.us>
>Date: 2007/11/15 Thu PM 01:23:52 CST
>To: geeks at sunhelp.org
>Subject: Re: [geeks] OLPCs for sale...

>getting back to the original subject...
>
>just saw a blurb that birmingham is buying 15000 [not $15000] olpcs for
>their schools.

That's Birmingham Alabama, here's the link:

http://www.bizjournals.com/masshightech/stories/2007/11/12/daily23.html

I guess they couldn't think of a better way to spend $3M in Alabama... Being ranked 48th[0] (out of 51 - D.C. brings up the rear, despite having the highest average pay per teacher[1]) is pretty bad, maybe 15,000 laptops can help them turn the tide!

Lionel

[0] http://www.psk12.com/rating/USthreeRsphp/STATE_US_level_Elementary_CountyID_0.html

[1] http://www.nea.org/edstats/index.html (Fast Facts sidebar on this page show D.C. to have the highest teacher salary, at $58,456 - nearly $600 higher than even Califorina!)