Elizabeth+04-23-12+response+to+Goldie's+April+17+update

Regarding the digital gap between the haves and have-nots. Whether we're comparing public schools in cities to public schools in rural areas within the US or whether we're comparing a school in Zimbabwe with a school in the US or anywhere around the world, there well always be innovators and laggards in following technology no matter the reason. (In this case it is financial). I think that as time goes on the prices of computers will go down and more and more students will be able to afford them at home. Schools will have an abundant supply of computers as time goes by. I remember in the 1980's a scientific calculator used to cost an arm and a leg. Now they are very cheap and very sophisticated. Soon, the curve of computer accessibility will approximate a normal distribution or a bell shape. Don't forget that public libraries have computers with internet access.