Can dot-com mania help education in America?
(IDG) — Education Secretary Richard Riley says he plans to enlist the private sector to help narrow the technology gap between white and minority students and between affluent and poverty-stricken students. “We must look at the stark reality that there is a continuing achievement gap between the rich and the poor, and between whites and minority students,” Riley said in his State of American Education address. “This gap is a gaping hole in our commitment to fulfilling the American promise, and it will only get bigger if we do not close the digital divide as well.” MORE COMPUTING INTELLIGENCE IDG.net home page Federal Computer Week home page New program combines private-sector support and government programs to help expose more kids, especially poor and minority kids, to the budding information age Net Access: A Civil Rights Issue? What Parents Must Know About High-Tech Schools Reviews & in-depth info at IDG.net E-BusinessWorld Year 2000 World Questions about computers? Let IDG.net’s e
