Digital Divide Still Separates White and Minority Students
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By BEN FELLER Associated Press  Less than half of Hispanic and black students use the Internet, a survey finds.   WASHINGTON -- Many more white children use the Internet than do Hispanic and black students, a reminder that going online is hardly a way of life for everyone.
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For a glimpse of the latest split between tradition and technology on campus, watch professor Tom Walsh illustrate his lecture with a jumbo piece of chalk on a blackboard while students take notes on laptops and hand-held computers.
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Many more white children use the Internet than do Hispanic and black students, a reminder that going online is hardly a way of life for everyone.
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With the continuing rollout of interactive electronic whiteboards in schools across Loudoun County, the digital age is spreading its wings and the ancient world of the chalkboard is crumbling like, well, a stick of chalk.
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Eighth-grade students in the United States scored better in both mathematics and science last year than in 1999, but still lagged their peers in a number of other industrial countries, according
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During lectures, they answer their cell phones, text message their friends and play games on their laptop computers. Are college students really that rude? Yes, says Delaney Kirk, a professor of management at Drake University in Des Moines. But, she adds, it's not their fault.
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From Brazil to Pakistan, some of the world's poorest children will peer across the digital divide this month -- reading electronic books, shooting digital video, creating music and chatting with classmates online.
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It&#39;s no secret that U.S. Latins use the  Internet less than other segments of the population. And it&#39;s  no secret that digital sales of Latin music lag way behind the  physical.
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Hi-tech is helping narrow the digital divide though a gulf between rich and poor remains, says a UN report.
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Half a million American children take classes online, and many are attending virtual public schools that are competing with local districts for public funding.
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Despite warnings that he was a cultural mismatch for a predominantly minority school, one principal has outlasted his predecessors while producing surprising results.
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iPods and cell phones top the gadget list for penny-pinching students, and few hit campus without a PC.
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By Greg Gelpi< Staff Writer  More computers are coming to your child's classroom.  And those new computers should narrow the technology gap that exists from school to school in Richmond County.  Some schools have two or three students sharing a computer, others as  many as 12.
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By MICHAEL HIMOWITZ  With their newly minted high school graduates headed off to college this fall, millions of parents face two agonizing prospects. One is coming up with the first tuition check. The other is buying their freshman a computer.
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Recent experiments show how hard it can be to balance academic success and socioeconomic and racial diversity.
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Free Wi-Fi, subsidized music-download services, even free iPods at Duke University. There&#39;s no question that high-tech perks are a fixture of today&#39;s college experience.