Differences exist in student computer use by race or ethnic group and grade level. Female students get less experience than males in all applications except word processing and use in English courses. These inequities in computer use at the elementary and high school levels could be the result of curriculum and teacher training as well as in-school access. As discussed earlier, research shows that use of computing resources depends on a teacher's training and ability to integrate computer-based instruction into the existing curriculum. As with race and ethnicity, income is associated with student computer use.
Internet access is similarly inequitable.
Schools that have the largest proportion of economically disadvantaged students have less than one-half the level of Internet access as more affluent schools. I nequality of access to information technologies applies to adults as well as children. In 1993, about a third more whites used computers at work than blacks, and over a half more whites used computers at work than Hispanics. The disparity is even more pronounced regarding home use. The percentage of whites with a computer at home is twice that of blacks or Hispanics.