School and classroom websites, once hailed as a way to let parents know what their kids are doing in school, often languish today, with students and parents likely to find only outdated information such as school menus or homework assignments from the previous year. Teacher training in the use of the Internet has been spotty, and many teachers have only limited access to the hardware and Internet connections they need, which makes it hard for them to create and operate the constantly updated websites that parents and students would find useful. A survey of teenagers released last week by the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that students are frustrated that teachers are not making better use of the Internet. "Ghosts of Classrooms Past: A Web Teaching Tool Languishes," by Jeffrey Selingo, The New York Times, August 15, 2002; "Wanted: Web-Savvy Schooling," by Ellen McCarthy, The Washington Post, August 14, 2002
