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September 12, 2006

School-Home Digital Divide

It's 2003 data, but still useful. At home, 78% of white students have Internet access, which isn’t enormously different than the percentage with access at school. In comparison, only 46% of African American students, 48% of Latinos and 43% of Native Americans had access at home; Asian-Americans and mixed ethnicity students fared better at 74% apiece. Regarding disability, 68% of non-disabled students and 55% of disabled students had home access.

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Posted by vvarvel at September 12, 2006 01:35 PM

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