Parental insight: K12 schools must establish digital literacy as a funding priority

District Administration Magazine / PALM BEACH, Fla. – (article excerpt) New research from CompTIA Spark, a non-profit that seeks to empower youth through technology, reveals that parents have overwhelmingly positive views toward education, especially in terms of how it may benefit their children. As a result, they believe tech education and digital should become essential funding priorities in K12 schools. That’s according to 80% of the more than 1,100 parents surveyed.

“Technology curriculum can help parents and educators open students’ minds to new learning opportunities and future careers,” CompTIA Spark CEO Charles Eaton said in a statement.

Read the full article by Micah Ward

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See the full report “Parent Perceptions of Technology and Careers”

Read the press release