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Closing Achievement Gaps with the Free Flow of Information: Challenges Posed by America's K-12 Public Education System

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>		Given a legal regime in which all software is free, it is reasonable to anticipate a re-vitalized software programming environment where are larger pool of programmers have the freedom to collaborate in producing a greater assortment of educational software. While it is difficult to imagine how this could have a negative effect on education as a whole, there are undoubtedly complications in terms of leveraging educational software in a way that could narrow the achievement gap. Beyond the fact that those on the losing side of the achievement gap are typically poor and often lack homes/home-computers, children with inherent neurocognitive deficits and/or unsupportive parents generally present the most complicated educational challenges. Without a sufficient supply of programmers who are cognizant of, and sufficiently understand, these challenges, it is plausible that a free software market would become inundated with programs that are remarkably adept at enhancing the education of natural born learners but less adept at untangling the roots of the achievement gap. In other words, if an educational software market neglects students who are 1+ standard deviations below the mean (in a general sense), educational achievement may be enhanced on average, but the achievement gap may be untouched or even widened.
 

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