[mschwar99]

While this seems to be mainly a headline grabbing talking point that is lacking any path to implementation, Rick Perry (or at least one of his speech writing advisors) seems to have some interestingly disruptive ideas about using technology to make education both better and cheaper. The call for a $10,000 bachelors seems to hinge mainly on utilizing web based technologies and distance learning.

During the recent election he also advocated replacing elementary school textbooks with laptops. The laptops could be used to provide students with electronic copies of textbooks that were more up to date, cheaper, and able to be supplemented with educational games and multimedia. (http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9EUFAVG0.htm)

Then again if they come from Rick Perry those laptops might have several gigabytes of creationism along for the ride.(http://salon.glenrose.net/default.asp?view=plink&id=1312...).