Educational Benefits of Broadband

In 1998, Boston Public Schools put high-speed technology networks in their schools and libraries and partnered with the Boston Digital Bridge Foundation to provide students technology access, training, content, and curriculum. The program evaluation showed:

  • 95% of participants made significant improvements
    in their computer skills; and
  • 80% of graduates went on to college versus the
    district average of 65%.

Andrew Wainer with Wendy Lazarus, Impacts of Technology on Outcomes for Youth: A 2005 Review (Santa Monica, CA: The Children’s Partnership, June 2005).