National School Boards Foundation Finds Startling Gaps Between the Possibilities and the Realities of Technology Use in Schools 5/30/2002
From: Renee Williams Hockaday of the National School Boards Foundation, 703-838-6717; e-mail: rhockaday@nsba.org News Advisory: WHAT: National School Boards Foundation Releases National Survey "Are We There Yet? Research and Guidelines on Schools Use of the Internet" WHEN: Wednesday, June 5 9 a.m. Breakfast 9:30 a.m. Media Briefing WHERE: Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Diane Blair Board Room - (2nd Floor) 401 Ninth Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20004 DETAILS: The National School Boards Foundation, with funding from CPB, AT&T and PLATO Learning, commissioned the survey to examine how schools have progressed with the use of technology for instruction. The findings are based on telephone interviews with technology decision-makers in 811 school districts, including 90 of the largest 100 districts. Grunwald Associates, a leading market research firm specializing in technology, developed and managed the survey. Speakers: -- Robin Thurman, director, National School Boards Foundation -- Peter Grunwald, president, Grunwald Associates, and the study's author -- Robert Coonrod, president and CEO, Corporation for Public Broadcasting -- Marilyn Resnick, vice president, AT&T Foundation -- John Super, vice president, PLATO Learning Complete survey results and additional data will be made available at the National School Boards Foundation Web site on June 5: http://www.nsbf.org. |