This report represents a collaborative effort led by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund and the Benton Foundation.
Leslie Harris & Associates, in consultation with the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund and the Benton Foundation, prepared the report.
Contributing writers and editors: Norris Dickard, Brian Komar, Kevin Taglang, Jill Bond, Rachel Zwerin, Kalyani Manohar and Regan Fitzgerald.
1-The Technology Opportunities Program (TOP) formerly known as the Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program promotes the widespread availability and use of digital network technologies in the public and non-profit sectors.
2-The Community Technology Centers (CTC) program promotes the development of model programs that demonstrate the educational effectiveness of technology in urban and rural areas and economically distressed communities.
3-"Digital Divide Report Criticized," USA Today, 02/06/02,
4-www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/top/whoweare/briefhistory.htm
5-Education Budget Alert for Fiscal Year 2003, ed. Myrna Mandlawitz, Committee for Education Funding, Washington, DC, 2002, 212.
Education Budget Alert for Fiscal Year 2001, ed. Michael Pons, Committee for Education Funding, Washington, DC, 2000, 158.
6-See chart, pages 18-19.
7-US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Internet Access in US Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2000. May 2001. nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2001071. And American Library Association, Quotable Facts About America's Libraries. .
8-Unless otherwise indicated, all charts and graphs are based on data from US Department of Commerce, A Nation Online. February 2002.
9-www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/dn/html/anationonline2.htm
10-www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/dn/html/anationonline2.htm
11-www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/dn/html/anationonline2.htm
12-A "central city" is the largest city within a "metropolitan" area, as defined by the Census Bureau. Additional cities within the metropolitan area can also be classified as central cities if they meet certain employment, population, and employment/residence ratio requirements.
13-Linda Ann Riley, Bahram Nassersharif and John Mullen, Assessment of Technology Infrastructure in Native Communities. Economic Development Administration, US Department of Commerce. 1999.
14-Disability as defined for this purpose includes: blind or severe vision impairment, deaf or severe hearing impairment, difficulty walking, or difficulty typing.
15-Part of the reason only 25.4% of people with disabilities use the Internet is because the population of people with disabilities is heavily weighted towards older Americans.
16-21st Century Literacy In A Convergent Media World, Prepared by AOL Time Warner Foundation and Bertelsmann Foundation. March 2002.
17-In contrast, only 40.8% of people who were not employed were computer users and 36.9% were Internet users.
18-See table on page 18
19-www.ntia.doc.gov/top/whoweare/awards.htm.
20-Click here for Evaluation Report
21-Prepared by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund Data Source:
CTC Figures: Click here to view FY 1999-2001
