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US Schools and Internet Access

There were two good posting with stats about US schools and Internet access penetration.
One is from Moving at the Speed of Creativity here and another is from Dangerously Irrelevant here.
Both note the recently released NCES Report, Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2005.
Here’s some soundbites (useful charts are in the postings and the report):
1. Only 6% of US public school classrooms lack an Internet connection.
2. In 2005, 97 percent of public schools with Internet access used broadband connections to
access the Internet
3. Forty-five percent of public schools with Internet access used wireless connections in
2005
4. The ratio of sytudents to instructional computers in 2005 was 3.8 to 1.
5. Only 15% of schools had Internet access to the classroom.
6. About 10% of public schools reported that they lent laptops to students in 2005, about the same number as in 2002. IIn 2005, 18% of secondary schools were lending students laptops.
Since 1994, significant progress has been made in ensuring that the digital divide is bridged. Now we need to make sure that the tools are integrated into the curriculum and the student experience. The School Rooms initiative with InfOhio offers great promise. You can learn more here. (The new School Rooms Magazine is neat too. (here) (And yes SirsiDynix is heavily involved in this project but it’s still very cool.)
Stephen

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Posted on: December 12, 2006, 8:19 am Category: Uncategorized

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