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Dear Dr. Ryan: You have
written about the impor-
tance of students getting on
the information highway.
You can't turn on the radio
or watch TV without being
told about the wonders of
the computer age. Every
restaurant,
depart-
ment
store, or
gas station
has at least
one corn-
* puter up
and run-
ning.
My question is, if this
information highway is so
important, why don't the
schools get on with the job
and make sure every John
and Jane has a computer?
— Concerned Parent

34.6 percent of buildings did
not have enough power to sup-
port the new technology; 46
percent had inferior wiring.
More than half the schools
(60.6 percent) did not have ad-
equate conduits for network
cables.
At some
point ma-
jor invest-
ment in the
new learn-
ing technol-
ogy
infrastruc-
ture is essen
tial. With
that investment, the
school's capabilities to provide
learners with an educational
experience, via the information
highway, can occur. At that
point we can, as you put it, get
on with the job.

Dear Concerned Parent: It
has been stated, and I believe
quite correctly, that the infor-
mation highway is a toll road.
The challenge facing schools is
more than just buying new
computers.
Many schools were con-
structed forty or fifty years ago
at a time went "high tech"
meant the installation of a
school intercom. Therefore,
besides the capital outlay for
the computers and software,
many older schools need to un-
dergo physical changes.
A 1995 Government Ac-
Counting Office survey of
10,000 schools found that

Dear Dr. Ryan: I have a 5-
year-old. He seems so
alert and active. When he
starts school next year I am
sure he'll have a lot of new
things to do. He seems very
happy and very bright I
read stories to him. We
also talk and act out his fa-
vorite fairy tales.
Of course, as a mother I
think he is going to be won-
derful at anything he gets
into. But, I was thinking,
maybe there is a list of
things he should be doing
each day to make him even
more ready for school.
I was wondering what