ACCESS TO COMPUTERS with the training and opportunity to use them is rapidly becoming the new educational equity issue. Will poor and minority students get stuck in the slow lane of the information superhighway?

A recent report by the Educational Testing Service shows that the nation's poor and minority students are already falling behind their counterparts in wealthier schools. Computers and Classrooms: The Status of Technology in the US Schools reveals a persistent pattern of inequity in access to technology in American Schools.

For more information on the subject, read Rene Sanchez' article in the Washington Post, or Andrew Trotter's report in Education Week. Also, check the following Web sites for other perspectives:

• Technology Trends in US Public Schools
  
• Technology in Education: Transitions
  
• Equity and Quality in Education for Urban Disadvantaged Students

Education Week looks at LEARN and asks the question: Is the L.A. reform effort at a crossroads? Check out the article then tell us what you think.

Grant Sparks Access
to Technology

LAEP's grant from the US Commerce Department provides LA inner city communities with School and Community Electronic Access (SCEA) centers that connect them with educational, health and social services via the Internet.

Children and Technology

The information age is having profound implications on our children's lives and for their future. Read America's Children and the Information Superhighway to find out how.