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President Barack Obama is convinced that if all schools worked more technology into their curriculum, they would also excel. That's why he announced on Thursday a new initiative (pdf) to bring high-speed Internet access to 99 percent of all of the country's K-12 students within the next five years.
美国总统贝拉克·奥巴马相信，如果所有的学校将更多的科技引入到课堂，它们也将会更加优秀。为此，他在星期四（6月6日）宣布一项新计划，要在未来五年将高速互联网普及到美国所有的幼儿园至十二年级的学生群体。
"We are living in a digital age, and to help our students get ahead, we must make sure they have access to cutting-edge technology," Obama said in a statement. "So today, I'm issuing a new challenge for America - one that families, businesses, school districts and the federal government can rally around together - to connect virtually every student in America's classrooms to high-speed broadband Internet within five years, and equip them with the tools to make the most of it."
Dubbed1 ConnectED, the program aims to get all classrooms equipped with Internet access that has speeds of at least 100Mbps and a target goal of 1Gbps. The initiative will also provide teachers with training on how to use more technology in their curriculum（课程）. ConnectED plans to especially focus on rural schools where Internet access can be sparse2.
The majority of schools in the U.S. already have Internet access but it can be extremely slow. According to the White House, fewer than 20 percent of teachers say their school's Internet connections are fast enough to be used sufficiently3.
No Congressional action is required for ConnectED to go into effect, but the Federal Communications Commission will have to cooperate by leveraging4 its E-Rate program and provide more discounts to schools on Internet costs.
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