Technology Access Not Enough in Low-Income Communities.
July 12, 2001 
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Morino Institute Releases Report: From Access to Outcomes
July 9, 2001
The Morino Institute, a nonprofit that works to strengthen organizations serving the children of
low-income communities, has released a report entitled From Access to Outcomes: Raising the
Aspirations for Technology Initiatives in Low-Income Communities.
The report, which has been
refined with the help of dozens of top thought leaders in the fields of learning and technology,
represents an ambitious effort to channel, redirect, and augment the energies that are being
devoted to closing the digital divide.
From Access to Outcomes makes the case that technology must not be seen as an end in itself.
Although most initiatives aimed at closing the digital divide have focused on expanding access to
new technologies, the report concludes that providing access alone is rarely as effective as it is
well-meaning. The report finds that initiatives in and by low-income communities are far better at
producing meaningful change when people apply technology with tangible economic, educational
and social end results
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