The Real Digital Divide: Quality Not Quantity

Closing the gap between the haves and have-nots will require
much more than putting a computer in every classroom

By Maisie McAdoo

Resources and Further Information:

Center for Children and Technology, 96 Morton St., New York, NY 10014; tel: 212-807-4200; fax: 212-633-8804; e-mail: cct@edc.org. www2.edc.org/CCT/cctweb

Civil Rights Forum on Communications Policy (formerly the Civil Rights Telecommunications Forum), 818 18th St., N.W., Suite 505, Washington, DC 20006; tel: 202-887-0301; fax: 202-887-0305; e-mail: forum@civilrightsforum.org. www.civilrightsforum.org

Closing the Digital Divide. A web site of the U.S. Department of Commerce. www.digitaldivide.gov

The Digital Divide Network. A web site sponsored by the Benton Foundation. www.digitaldividenetwork.org

Educational Video Center, 55 E. 25th St., Suite 407, New York, NY 10010; tel: 212-725-3534; fax: 212-725-6501. www.cpprev.org/educavideo.htm

National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Falling Through the Net III: Defining the Digital Divide. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, July 1999. www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/fttn99/contents.html

B. Keith Fulton, Director of Technology Programs and Policy, The National Urban League, 120 Wall St., New York, NY 10005. www.nul.org

Yolanda George, Deputy Director for Education, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20005; tel: 202-326-6400. www.aaas.org

Losing Ground Bit by Bit: Low-Income Communities in the Information Age (1998). The Benton Foundation, 950 18th St., N.W., Washington, DC 20006; tel: 202-638-5770; toll free: 877-223-6866; fax: 202-638-5771; e-mail: benton@benton.org. www.benton.org

Caesar McDowell, Associate Professor of the Practice of Community Development, Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139.

R. Murnane and F. Levy. Teaching the New Basic Skills: Principles for Educating Children to Thrive in a Changing Economy. New York: Free Press, 1996.

Plugged In, 1923 University Ave., E. Palo Alto, CA 94303; tel 650-322-1134; fax: 650-322-6147; e-mail: info@pluggedin.org. www.pluggedin.org

Street-Level Youth Media, 1856 W. Chicago Ave., 1st Floor, Chicago, IL 60622; tel: 773-862-5331; fax: 773-862-0754; e-mail: admin@street-level.org. http://streetlevel.iit.edu

"Technology Counts ’99: Building the Digital Curriculum." A collaboration of Education Week and the Milken Exchange. Education Week, 6935 Arlington Rd., Suite 100, Bethesda, MD 20814-5233; tel: 301-280-3100; fax: 301-280-3250. www.edweek.org

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