What the gears cannot do the computer might. The computer is the Proteus of machines. Its essence is its universality, its power to simulate

Undoubtedly, there are kids with intellectual deficiencies or neurological problems. But a lot of kids shunted into special education classes are deficient only in a willingness to conform to the school pattern.They are just honest, brave kids who say, "I just won't take that, and I don't believe in what you're doing." If you give them an alternative to the usual classroom, they break free of a lot of inhibitions and bad associations, and they begin to learn.

I think Disney is a very interesting company, and it does have an extremely powerful means for projecting a certain way of thinking.

If a kid really is retarded and can only come up to a certain level, he will still have more success if what he learns is connected with something important to him.

I think we should allow for schools within schools, where 100 out of 500 kids may be organized by the way they work and what they do, and what they do often is more progressive. I would like to see a lot of kids of different ages, maybe even some adults, work together on a project.

I prefer software where kids build something and run into problems they have to solve.

There's a tendency to make jazzy educational software that's very uniform and therefore just like school. I'd like to see a company develop software for rebellious kids who don't want to go to school.