Focusing on why computer-controlled videodiscs are not more widely available in British schools, this brief essay considers questions considering the issues of funding for hardware, videodisc production costs, and technological difficulties. Promotion of such technology by the National Interactive Video Centre, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and Colin Mably of North East London Poly is noted. The potential for videodisc technology in the schools is examined, and strategies for making the technology more widely available in the schools are suggested. (EW)