A recent EdWeek article talks about the crisis facing Catholic schools and the closing of 1,300 schools since 1990. Budget issues are cited and I truly think that open source can play a major factor in all education as a way to replace costly commercial software that continues to eat away at instructional budgets. Where education is often a laggard in technology, this is an area where they need to be a leader and show others that open source alternatives are viable and force change among the traditional software vendors.
Education, stand up and flex your muscles! In many cities, you are often the largest employer with the largest budgets. You have the ability to enact change in the software market. You also have the ability to be leaders in helping open source companies like mine develop true alternatives to costly proprietary systems. Step up to the plate and help us give money back and sustain small faith based and independent schools that are doing great jobs in educating our children.
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