Author David Shenk ("Data Smog," HarperCollins, 1997) says that wiring the schools may be the wrong approach toward improving education: "I think we need to be very, very skeptical for a number of reasons. First of all, it's important to realize that education is not the same as accessing information. We don't have a problem accessing information easily and cheaply in this country. We've had great libraries and even adequate school libraries for a long time. Education is actually the limiting of information. You have a teacher who lets in a little information each day in each class that fits in with what you already know and puts it in context. A child adds a building block per class to help formulate knowledge and wisdom. Then they're able to go out and access information and learn more themselves."

Investor's Business Daily, 30 Apr 97