Are classroom internet use and academic performance higher after government broadband subsidies to primary schools? ESRI Research Bulletin 2015/2/6

Hyland, Marie and Layte, Richard and Lyons, Sean and McCoy, Selina (2015) Are classroom internet use and academic performance higher after government broadband subsidies to primary schools? ESRI Research Bulletin 2015/2/6. UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

The connection of schools and other educational institutions to broadband networks continues to be high on the agendas of politicians and policymakers around the world. Successive Irish governments have invested in programmes to improve internet access for schools at both primary and second level. Policy statements have stressed the positive role broadband would play in education, arguing that it would “significantly enhance the potential of ICT in teaching and learning” and would “pay dividends in years to come” (DCMNR, 2004).

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