TY - JOUR
T1 - Balancing the One-To-One Equation
T2 - Equity and Access in Three Laptop Programs
AU - Warschauer, Mark
AU - Zheng, Binbin
AU - Niiya, Melissa
AU - Cotten, Shelia
AU - Farkas, George
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for this study was provided by the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation (Mark Warschauer, PI), Google Research (Mark Warschauer, PI), and the National Science Foundation (DRL-0819063; Shelia Cotten, PI). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in the article are those of the authors.
PY - 2014/1
Y1 - 2014/1
N2 - Seeking to improve teaching and learning and to narrow gaps between students of high and low socioeconomic status, many school districts in the United States are implementing one-to-one laptop programs. In this comparative case study, we examine one-to-one laptop programs in Colorado, California, and Alabama, all of which deployed low-cost netbook computers and open source software with the aim of enhancing digital participation and increasing educational equity. In spite of overlapping goals, the projects had very different outcomes. We analyze the roots and implications of these differences.
AB - Seeking to improve teaching and learning and to narrow gaps between students of high and low socioeconomic status, many school districts in the United States are implementing one-to-one laptop programs. In this comparative case study, we examine one-to-one laptop programs in Colorado, California, and Alabama, all of which deployed low-cost netbook computers and open source software with the aim of enhancing digital participation and increasing educational equity. In spite of overlapping goals, the projects had very different outcomes. We analyze the roots and implications of these differences.
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U2 - 10.1080/10665684.2014.866871
DO - 10.1080/10665684.2014.866871
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84893735059
SN - 1066-5684
VL - 47
SP - 46
EP - 62
JO - Equity and Excellence in Education
JF - Equity and Excellence in Education
IS - 1
ER -