The Banned Collection - Issue 1
Gary Stager,
Stager-to-Go,
Jun 27, 2008
Stager is releasing some of his lost episodes, meaning those columns or articles that must have been too controversial to get published, or where "the publisher or Editor-in-Chief objected to the content of a column and refused to punish (sic) it. On other occasions I would not make changes I felt would dilute my argument or insult the intelligence of the reader." Issue 1 is a six year old open letter to Steve Jobs asking him to not promote sales of laptop carts to schools. The magazine didn't want to offend Apple or Jobs so they wouldn't run it. Stager lists 11 reasons why Jobs "should help schools think different about laptops and education." That list includes 2) kids can and should be trusted with a laptop, 4) teacher professionalism is enhanced, 6) the digital divide may be closed, and 11) new models of learning, teaching and schooling may emerge. He closes with "Here's to the crazy ones who will free computers from the shackles of computer labs and newfangled carts by giving kids freedom to be their very best." -BD
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