Computer Aided Education at the Elementary and Secondary Levels
 

There should be a federal program for the development of automated, student-paced, computer based learning materials for elementary through secondary subjects.

After a short period of initial development, this program should be funded by the small fees (typically a dollar) charged to school systems and parents for downloading the programs from the internet.

Parents and teachers would be invited to suggest new approaches. Like the Small Business Innovative Research Program (SBIR), very small businesses (100 employees or less) should be invited to propose development plans to meet needs in defined areas.

Large software firms should be specifically excluded from the program.  They typically spend large sums of money very quickly, but seldom produce anything of value commensurate with the cost.