Wednesday, December 04, 2002


E-Rate -- Does it work?

Found the study referrenced in an article in Business Week (Dec 9, 2002).  Basically, the study gives a qualified "yes" to the question above. While the study looks only at California schools, the conclusions are interesting.  Urban schools are more likely to apply for internet subsidies than rural.  There is no evidence that Internet subsidies had any measurable effect on achievement, which the authors say is consistent with DOE data that only one third of teachers reproted that they were well prepared or very well prepared to use computers and the Internet. 

 


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