Originally Posted by DeeDee
Originally Posted by Mk13
Most families these days, even those who are truly low income, do have a computer and internet access.

I don't think that's a reasonable assumption. In suburban areas, perhaps, but not generally. The figure I've seen recently is that 81% of adult Americans use the internet.

you're correct. I was thinking more in terms of suburban areas. We are in a fairly "poor" area with many low income communities but from what I've noticed even those families have a computer and internet access. Have been gone from the big city for too long to take some of the other areas into account. But still ... it would make a lot more sense to me to have special funding for the lowest income families to provide those kids with a computer (any reasonably priced computer) than purchase Apple computers / iPads for every child in the district, especially when in couple years the technology will be in need of replacement.