RiverDad
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I had a computer at home from the time I was 16(admittedly it was a TI-99, but hey). Schools are not the only place computers are, and not the only access to computers. In fact, if schools are your primary source of access to computers, you probably have less access than many people...
Simple logic, it's good stuff.
Your argument boils down to socioeconomic status ----> educational outcome.
Let's pretend (just for this debate) that computers actually enhance educational outcomes, especially computers at home. Look at the Ferguson data I linked above - black upper class and black middle class students are not suffering from the disadvantage of lack of educational resources in the home. The outcome is still the same - they lag their white peers, with socioeconomic status being controlled.
Look at the performance of black upper class students (those from families making $70,000 or more) and how they do poorly in comparison to poor whites on the SAT. Are you seriously contending that the children of the black upper class lack in access to home computers while the children of the white poor do have access to home computers?