Digital divide narrowing, says new report

Many children from low-income families in the United States now have access to a variety of technology to help aid in learning, according to new research funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement and conducted by the Michael Cohen Group LLC, under the auspices of a grant to the Ready to Learn Partnership. Specifically, nearly 75% of caregivers at the federal poverty level (annual household income of less than $25,000) report they subscribe to cable television, two-thirds have DVD players, more than half have mobile telephones, more than one-third have computers, and more than one-quarter have home access to the Internet.

While television took decades to become universal, gains in the new technology have taken just a few years. For further information, access the full report on the Ready to Learn Partnership website.