Most companies give just a stipend, but helping with these programs is good for the company, too. The Bloomfield school district hopes business alliances will help defray the costs of wiring and purchasing laptops for its high school, Crystal says. Like many schools across the United States, Bloomfield High has only a computer lab that's used periodically by students. They make learning a lot more fun. And it shows.
Kids are motivated.
Behavioral problems have disappeared. That can only bode well for feeding the IT workforce of tomorrow.