Students Suffer a New Digital Divide?

• Posted: Friday, September 08, 2006
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• Author: pradhana

By Debra Aho Williamson - Senior Analyst

A new report issued by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) describes a new digital divide: among US students Internet use may be influenced strongly by parental income and education level.

The report is based on data from the October 2003 US Census Current Population Survey.

According to the NCES report, computer use among students in grades K-12 ranged from a low of 82% for those whose parents did not have a high school degree to a high of 95% for those whose parents had a graduate education. Use of the Internet is even more strongly affected by parental educational levels. While 73% of students whose parents had a graduate education used the Internet, just 37% of students with parents who did not have a high school degree did.

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