The Internet and Education
An overview of how today’s student and parents use the Internet to do research, homework, contact schools and teachers, and also sometimes to cheat.
Publications
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Pew Forum Poll: Public Support Hinges On Details of Government/Faith-Based Cooperation
The report released today by the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives analyzes current government policy toward faith-based and other community social service providers—a topic of great public interest and debate. Pew Forum polling has shown that while the public expresses strong support for the idea of faith-based groups receiving government funding to […]
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Bush Unpopular in Europe, Seen As Unilateralist
Overview George W. Bush is highly unpopular with the publics of the major nations of Western Europe. By wide margins, people in Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy all disapprove of his handling of international policy, and the American president does not inspire much more confidence in these countries than does Russian President Vladimir Putin. […]
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Bush Unpopular in Europe, Seen As Unilateralist
Introduction and Summary George W. Bush is highly unpopular with the publics of the major nations of Western Europe. By wide margins, people in Germany, France, Great Britain and Italy all disapprove of his handling of international policy, and the American president does not inspire much more confidence in these countries than does Russian President […]
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August 2001 Survey Data
5-Nation Survey Conducted August 1 – 9, 2001
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Wobbly Economic Attitudes Key to Bush’s Future
by Andrew Kohut for America Online
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24,000 minutes on the InternetBy Janna Quitney Anderson and Lee Rainie, Special to USA Today
ELON, N.C. — The downtown here is about two blocks long, maybe three if you include the quaint town hall/police station, a compact one-story brick building with a gazebo out back. The quiet Ashley Woods neighborhood in this town of about 6,000 in the middle of North Carolina is not closely tied to a high-tech […]
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50% of Hispanic Adults Now are Online
(Washington) Half of Hispanic adults use the Internet and email, according to a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The online Hispanic population grew 25% over a period of twelve months, as young people, women, and those from modest income households flocked online. The ongoing survey work of the Pew Internet […]
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La Mitad de la Comunidad Hispana Esta en Linea
(Washington) – La mitad de la comunidad Hispana adulta utiliza Internet y correo electrónico, según una encuesta realizada por el Pew Internet & American Life Project. La comunidad cibernética Hispana creció 25% en un periodo de doce meses, mientras que jóvenes, mujeres y aquellos de modestos recursos económicos, se conectaron al Internet. La encuesta realizada […]