Thursday, March 09, 2006

At schools, not all computers are equal

In the well-appointed Waterford Lakes area of east Orange County, Sunrise Elementary students race through software programs illuminated on new flat-screen computer monitors paid for by the local PTA.

In an economically depressed area just west of Orlando, where few children can afford lunch, Rolling Hills Elementary students calculate equations on the latest Internet-wired "Smart Boards" bought with grants from a nonprofit group.

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