“Until every child has a computer in the classroom and the skills to use it….until every student can tap the enormous resources of the Internet….until every high-tech company can find skilled workers to fill its high-wage jobs….America will miss the full promise of the Information Age.”
Bill Clinton, MIT Commencement – June 5th, 1998
Working to close the gap between the “haves” and “Have-nots” then President Clinton launched a sweeping initiative to close the digital divide funding for Internet Access and computers in every classroom was part of the 1999 e-rate funding passed by congress. Just under 10 years later we are a nation falling behind the world in achieving the development of a “Connected Nation”.
