Despite sizable challenges in technology and internet access and experience, immigrant Hispanic families are among the most likely to prioritize technology purchases that will support their children’s education, according to a new survey.
Although technology’s presence is growing in classrooms, students from lower-income families often face connectivity and access challenges at home. What’s more, Hispanic families headed by immigrant parents face even steeper challenges, according to research from the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop.
Access is still a troubling issue among this group. Families headed by immigrant Hispanics are less likely to have a broadband internet connection or own devices that connect to broadband internet–just 35 percent of immigrant Hispanic families have broadband access and only 63 percent own a computer.
The research also shows that 43 percent of immigrant Hispanic parents purchased their most recent devices for their children’s education, compared with 30 percent of U.S.-born Hispanic parents, 23 percent of white parents, and 18 percent of black parents.
The data could indicate that immigrant Hispanic parents see technology as critical when it comes to increasing their children’s opportunities, because these parents are more likely to have limited education and income and are less likely to have lived in the U.S. for a long time.
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