More important than the particulars of these two devices, however, is the presence of the third (seriously hobbled) titan in this discussion: The human mind and its ability to focus on thick, complex material for a few hundred pages at a time.

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The silence about differences in intellectual ability on educational topics that scream for their discussion is astonishing.

WSJ: 'Real Education'

The answer appears to lie not in a lack of enthusiasm or vision, but in the ability for energy and political actors on all sides of the discussion to deal with the technical limitations and how to pay for it.

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