Rural Tenn. kids, others get Internet access through program | tennessean.com | The Tennessean

WASHINGTON — For children in the rural Tennessee community of Brownsville, access to computers was the first step in helping improve their math skills, reading abilities and communication techniques through the use of technology and the Internet.

Just ask Nolita Hall, 10, whose community of about 10,000 is 30 miles west of Jackson, Tenn.

"I go to school, we do assignments on the board and we get homework. If we don't understand, grandmother takes me to church and we go on the computers. It helps us understand better," she said...