“T” Is for Technology: Early Childhood Education and the Digital Divide

Technology literacy plays an important role in a child's ability to succeed in school and later in life.

But despite rapid growth in society's use of digital technology, many children in low-income families in the United States cannot access and use technology in the same ways as their more-advantaged peers. This means fewer opportunities to learn, explore, and communicate digitally, and fewer chances to develop the workforce skills they will need to succeed later in life.