Teacher Mary Jackson shows Kenneth Allen, 8, computer tips at Sunnyside Elementary School
in Stanton Heights. (Douglass Oster, Post-Gazette)
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A federal law designed to make sure
that poor and rural children don't suffer technological discrimination because of
the high cost of Internet service has created red tape, controversy and higher phone bills
for millions of Americans. Post-Gazette staff writers Ann McFeatters, Karen MacPherson,
Jack Torry and Eleanor Chute examine the issues in a four-part series.
Part
One: A federal promise to hook
kids to the Web lurches along amid controversy, red tape
Part Two:
E-rate
program an education boon or boondoggle?
Part
Three: Applying
for E-rate program anything but easy
Part Four: Many teachers lack
computer training needed to do the job
