- Computer and Internet use in the nation's schools is ubiquitous. „
- Nearly all instructional classrooms in U.S. public schools have computers with Internet access, with an average of roughly 4 computers per classroom. „
- E-rate program provides discounts to schools and libraries for the costs of telecommunications services and equipment ($2 billion per year) „
- Several state, local government and private programs provide laptop computers to schoolchildren (e.g. Maine, $40 million) „
- Extensive literature focuses on the effects of computer use in classrooms „
- The increasing reliance on computers and the Internet for classroom instruction, delivering educational content, and completing homework assignments suggests that disparities in home access to technology or the so-called Digital Divide may have implications for educational inequality.
- “Home Computers and Educational Outcomes: Evidence from the NLSY97 and CPS,’ (with Daniel Beltran and Kuntal Das)
Source:http://www.fao.org/docs/eims/upload/257344/Fairlie_presentation.pdf
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