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EDUCATION Teaching Arkansas Children Well ELAINE, ARK., is in the heart of Mississippi Delta country, where the land is made lush by the nearby river. It is also in one of the poorest counties in the United States. Storefronts are abandoned and crumbling. There is no movie theater or public library, not even a McDonald s. The schools, most dating back to the days of segregation, have leaky roofs, broken windows and antiquated computer equipment Apple IIe s and old DOS systems. For the last couple of years, half the students have scored in the 25th percentile on standardized tests. David Fetterman s job is to bring the world to them. Fetterman, a consulting professor of education at Stanford, last fall completed the first phase of a program designed to boost the technology skills of students and administrators in the state s distressed school districts. Working with Charity Smith, assistant director of the Arkansas Department of Education, Fetterman spent two days in Little Rock trainin
