Education WeekMay 2004
The first half of this plump and packed report focuses on the role and availability of technology globally, with in-depth discussions of countries on five continents. As you doubtless surmised, the use of technology around the world is all over the map, so to speak, and gap-riddled. An opening table compiles a range of factors into one comprehensive picture. The second half of this report focuses on the fifty states and D.C. Because those data are more readily available, this section is more complete. Nine pages of tables supply state-by-state data breakdowns. We learn, for example, that 98 percent of U.S. schools now have Internet access. But just ten states require teachers to participate in technology training, meaning that all this access to technology could lead to lessons in last year's programs instead of preparing teachers to instruct effectively using tomorrow's technology. To access a copy, surf to http://www.edweek.com/sreports/tc04/article.cfm?slug=35exec.h23.