US/ND-4: Re: SCANS and Universal Service

Re: SCANS and Universal Service

Bill Hatchett (hatchett@k12.colostate.edu)
Sun, 22 Sep 1996 13:50:43 -0600 (MDT)


On Sun, 15 Sep 1996, Betty Dawn Hamilton wrote:

> educators at the grassroots levels made much to do over the report.  A
> colleague and I presented some staff development workshops right after it
> came out, and obviously, no one in our groups had heard of it. 
> 
> However, those in our workshops clammored for more information, addresses,
> and phone numbers -- that was in Feb of '93.  We had copies of the report
> in the Fall of '92 because that was when we started planning the
> workshops, but then WE were both users of the internet at that time. I
> don't remember if we heard of it there or where we were initially
> introduced to it -- perhaps it was at a conference since both of us are 
> active participants in such. 
> 
	Somehow I am surprised that this information has not been out a
lot earlier.  I would, however, also wonder how much politics had to do
with it.  As I remember, there was a "Sandia Report" which has not been
released.  Are we still under the thumb of politicians who want to control
education?