"After evaluating various text-reader tools, the Kentucky Department of Education selected a software program called Read & Write Gold. Kentucky negotiated an agreement with Text HELP makers of Read & Write Gold to provide a discount for Kentucky schools. 95 percent of Kentucky's public schools ow have a site license for this product" (Hasselbring & Bausch, p. 74)
Critics of school consolidation, big school districts, and the cumbersomeness of state education bureaucracies should at least consider the potential savings that can be made and therefore access provided, under such large administrations. The bargaining power of an entire state ed department is tremendous and becomes a potent political force - which can actually bring about good things too. The Kentucky case serves as an example of this.
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