Published: March 29, 2007

A Digital Decade

Technology Counts looks back, and ahead, after 10 eventful years.

In introducing the inaugural Technology Counts report 10 years ago, the editors explained why the need for special reporting on the state of school technology was more important than ever.

“Billions of dollars are being spent each year in an effort to prepare schools and students for tomorrow’s technological demands and challenges,” we wrote. “And the fast-changing landscape of educational technology only complicates the task for policymakers and administrators who seek to make ‘smart’ decisions about how to proceed.”

A decade later, the task of making sense of that fast-changing landscape remains just as complicated. We hope that by stepping back to take stock of how the terrain has changed —and how it is likely to do so in the future— Technology Counts 2007 can help make the challenge...