From the Article: New Government

report exposes School home digital dividein-school access doesn’t discriminate.

There’s no gender divide, 84% of girls 83% of boys going online in school.

Nor is there a significant racial divide, 85% of white students, 82% of African American students, 80% of Latinos, 79% of Asian-Americans, 83% of Native Americans 86% of mixed ethnicity students with

in-school access.

The gap among students based on disability is relatively small, with

84% of non-disabled students and 76% of disabled students going online

at school.

As soon as they leave campus, the picture changes dramatically. Take ethnicity, for example. At home,

78% of white students have Internet access, which isn’t enormously different than the percentage with access at school.

46% of African American students 48% of Latinos 43% of Native Americans had access at home; Asian-Americans and mixed ethnicity students fared

better at 74% apiece. Regarding disability, 68% of non-disabled students 55% of disabled students had home access.

Parental education and income levels also reveal a stark divide at home.

88% kids whose parents achieved a graduate-level of education had home Net access,

55% of kids whose parents completed high school only 35% of kids whose parents didn’t. If parents speak just Spanish at home, only 32% of

kids had home Internet access, with 69% of kids whose parents spoke English. Lastly, 88% of kids whose parents earned more than

$75,000 a year had home access, compared to just 37% of kids whose parents earned less than $20,000 a year.