Another reader writes to say that the discussion over computers in the classroom brings to mind another question about school funding.

“What…difference does it make whether your textbooks (except maybe in science and history perhaps) are new or 50 years old? “Huck Finn” has not changed — ever. A poor student in Appalachia or a rich one in Beverly Hills can still experience the richness of the story no matter how new the copy. The

key is a good teacher.”