It’s not California.  In fact, California, our most populous state, has fewer than 2% of schools with computing devices available for most students.

States with the most technology-rich schools:

1. Texas
2. New York
3. Florida
4. Ohio
5. Illinois

“It is not surprising that Texas has more high-technology schools than anyone else. Their leadership in using technology goes back to the early 90s and has continued since then, “ said Jeanne Hayes, one of the authors of the Project Red initiative. “What is more surprising is that California, with 12.5% of the U.S. student population, has so few schools in the database. “

The Project RED Team is conducting a national survey of schools with computing devices for almost every student to see if teaching and learning practices are changing with the infusion of technology.  If you are a school principal of a technology-rich school, please click here.

Not surprisingly, the top-ranked states have very large student populations;  in fact, these five states enroll 29% of all students in U.S. schools.

States with the highest percentage of technology-rich schools:

Rural states with a history of distance learning seem to have invested more heavily in computing devices for each student than most.

For all fifty states,  5% of schools  have invested in computing devices for  each student.  In South Dakota, on the other hand, 24% of schools have made this investment.

See where your state ranks on technology-rich schools. Click here to see the chart.

Tags: Educational Technology, school technology, use of computer technology in schools

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