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ERIC Number: EJ588334
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0735-6331
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The Equity Threat of Promising Innovations: Pioneering Internet-Connected Schools.
Becker, Henry Jay; Ravitz, Jason L.
Journal of Educational Computing Research, v19 n1 p1-26 1998
Examines the distribution of student Internet use across 152 schools in the National School Network, schools that were among the first to provide direct Internet access for networked computers. Discusses socioeconomic status differences, student ability, teacher differences, school population ethnicity, the Internet as innovation, and a vision for equitable Internet use. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Ethnicity, Innovation, Internet, Socioeconomic Status, Student Characteristics, Tables (Data), Teacher Characteristics, Use Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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