Third-Graders Take on Keyboard Challenge

“Technology is a critical tool for our next generation to succeed in the global economy, and it starts with a computer and Internet at home,” said Sunne Wright McPeak, the executive director of the California Emerging Technology Fund. “School-improvement initiatives, including Common Core Standards and Smarter Balanced Assessments, require students to be proficient in using a computer, and those without a device and Internet at home are being left behind at an accelerating pace.”