> To some extent, I think we can trace the softness back to the expectation that online learning should be free or ridiculously cheap. This is true on an indiv

> To some extent, I think we can trace the softness back to the expectation that online learning should be free or ridiculously cheap. This is true on an individual scale, and often (sadly) on the scale of individual teachers, but it’s wildly incorrect on a statewide scale. For example, California spends a lot of money, on a recurring basis, for educational material. I would love to see this money spent intelligently. At this scale, CA could choose a license, commission educational material, and require or favor use of that license, and making a derivative work of someone else’s work would be okay. AGPL3 might be a good start. After a couple years, this might result in a strong base of open-source material that could be iterated on.