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WASHINGTON — Students of all economic levels have access to computers in school, but low-income students are only about half as likely to have Internet access in their classroom, according to a survey.
The report, by Education Week, found that 39 percent of classrooms in high-poverty schools had Internet connections in 1999, compared to 74 percent in those with few poor students.
“The digital divide is reinventing itself,” said Kevin Bushweller, the magazine’s assistant managing editor and a project editor for the report.
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