More Schools, Classrooms Gaining Access to Internet

Nearly eight of every 10 public schools in the nation had access to the Internet as of last year, more than double the proportion in 1994, according to a survey by the National Center for Education Statistics.

The percentage of the nation's instructional rooms--classrooms, computer labs, and library or media centers--with connections to the global information network rose at an even faster rate, from 3 percent in 1994 to 27 percent in 1997, the survey released last month found.

"All across the country, those figures are striking--there's no leveling off," said Linda G. Roberts, the technology adviser to U.S. Secretary of...