... a computer as their white counterparts. African -Americans have less Internet access at any location, including home, work, school, and library, than whites (Pessin). These differences also spill into U.S. public schools. Norris Dickard, a senior associate in a education consulting firm, points out that schools with high numbers of low income-students, those where at least 75 percent of student are eligible for free or ... several of the groups defined as at risk by the Digital Divide, there have been some successes. Union City School District, of whose success was mentioned previously, ...

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... in California the debate went beyond pedagogy. "If you say you are against bilingual education, you"re looked at as a racist," said Fontana High School teacher Melody Arganda. Because bilingual teachers get paid more, they"re accused of being in it for the money. Education has been seen as ... San Diego and Miami-Dade and Broward Counties in South Florida had to do with the contentious issue of language. While nine out of ten of the youths surveyed spoke a language other than English at home, almost eighty eight percent preferred English by the end of high school. In San ... attend Coll...

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