Schools lagging badly in technological world.

"(O’Connell) understands that technology is evolving rapidly, that international competition is intensifying and that we need to dramatically overhaul and strengthen our educational system to meet these challenges," said Jim Hawley, California Director of TechNet, a bipartisan network of CEOs.

Schools lagging badly in technological world, chief says
Superintendent also assails disparity in test scores by race

As the world zips along, inventing and embracing everything from iPods to nanotechnology, California schools remain mired in an older, slower culture better suited to rotary phones and record players, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell said Tuesday in his annual State of the Schools address.

"While these amazing technological advances have taken place, what has been the greatest change in our classrooms to help students prepare?" O’Connell asked. "We’ve moved from blackboards to whiteboards!"

Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer

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