NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY, New York Times
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Excerpt:
When politicians and policymakers talk about kids and technology, it is usually
about “bridging the digital divide,” making sure that poor kids have as much access
as wealthier ones. But there is no evidence that they don’t. According to a 2015 Pew
report, 87 percent of Americans between the ages of 13 and 17 have access to a
computer. For families earning less than $50,000 a year, that number is 80 percent.
As for a racial divide, Pew finds that African-American teenagers are more likely to
own a smartphone than any other group of teenagers in America. ...
Make no mistake: The real digital divide in this country is not between children
who have access to the internet and those who don’t. It’s between children whose
parents know that they have to restrict screen time and those whose parents have
been sold a bill of goods by schools and politicians that more screens are a key to
success. It’s time to let everyone in on the secret.
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