[rtpnet-tact] [Fwd: New State Fact Sheets From The Children's Partnership]

[Judy Hallman]

To rtpnet-tact list:

The Children's Partnership North Carolina Fact Sheet has statistics that 
might be useful in proposals. I put a link to it on 
http://www.rtpnet.org/collections/comp.shtml
on the right, under Statistics.

Judy Hallman (hallman at rtpnet.org, http://www.rtpnet.org/hallman)
Executive Director, RTPnet, NC (http://www.RTPnet.org/)

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Subject: 	New State Fact Sheets From The Children's Partnership
Date: 	Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:38:24 -0700
From: 	Wendy Lazarus & Laurie Lipper <frontdoor at childrenspartnership.org>
To: 	Community Leaders & Policy-Makers <frontdoor at childrenspartnership.org>



Dear Community Leaders and Policy-Makers,
*
*Technology is quickly becoming a necessary tool for young people to
grow up healthy, educated, and productive in our country. Being prepared
with the skills to use computers and the Internet has been shown to
create important opportunities for children such as improving academic
achievement, developing workforce skills for the future, and improving
health. However, some states are doing a better job than others in
preparing their residents, and in particular youth, with the resources
to participate effectively in today’s technology-driven world.
*
Are the young people in your state technologically ready?
*
To find out whether young people in your state are prepared, The
Children’s Partnership has developed state fact sheets, at
_http://www.techpolicybank.org/tpb/statefactsheets_, for each of the 50
states and the District of Columbia, which provide key data such as the
rate of workers employed in high-tech firms and the percentage of homes
that have computer, Internet, and broadband access.

The fact sheets complement a report recently released by The Children’s
Partnership entitled, /Measuring Digital Opportunity for America’s
Children: Where We Stand and Where We Go From Here/, at
_http://www.techpolicybank.org/tpb/report/doms_. The report showed that
Information and Communications Technology positively impacts the lives
of youth, particularly around four critical areas of their lives –
health, education, workforce development, and civic participation. It
also identified a troubling digital gap, showing that many youth miss
out on these opportunities.

We hope that these state fact sheets – along with the report – will
assist you in making sure your state’s children are not left behind in
the technology age.  Our staff would be pleased to talk with you about
any advocacy you are doing or might undertake in your state to promote
digital opportunity for youth. And we will very much value your feedback
or suggestions about these ideas and materials.

Sincerely,

Wendy Lazarus & Laurie Lipper
Founders and Co-Presidents
The Children’s Partnership
_http://www.childrenspartnership.org_