Technology transforming public education?

Larry Cuban's new post is about integrating technology in the classroom. He describes a few approaches, and then points out:

What technology enthusiasts, however, forget, neglect, stumble over—pick a verb–are the multiple purposes of tax-supported schools in a democracy. They and many others futurists err—my choice of the verb—in equating access to information with becoming educated. Even worse, these very smart people ignore the crucial and historical purposes public schools have served in a democracy.

 Wow. Talk about hitting the nail on the head. We all feel like we are so well-informed, educated even, because we have access to all this information at our fingertips. But what good is that if we don't know what any of it means, or how to use it? Without the ability to evaluate the information and its usefulness, it's just so much noise and clutter. Much like the piles of data that may or may not inform decision-making, piles of information may or may not become an education.