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Students and staff have access to timely, relevant resources including up-to-date textbooks and current technology.

In the 2005-06 school year, combined U.S. public schools spent $14,652,214 on instructional materials, including textbooks.

In fall 2003, nearly 100 percent of public schools and 94 percent of classrooms had access to the Internet and 97 percent of schools had a broadband connection. While 82 percent of these schools trained at least some of their teachers on the use of technology, in a majority of schools, less than half of the teachers had been trained.

Currently, only a handful of schools incorporate technology into project-based lessons.

Give Kids Good Schools Partner Resources
ASPIRA
Center for American Progress
Communities in Schools
Healthy Schools Campaign
National Community Education Association (NCEA)
National League of Cities

Public Education Network's Position
Schools need up-to-date technology and libraries with print and electronic materials so that they can operate as centers of learning.


Sources:
National Center for Educational Statistics. "Revenues and Expenditures for Elementary and Secondary Schools: Fiscal Year 2006. http://www.nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/expenditures/tables/table_07.asp
NCES (2005) Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994-2003.