Fact · Typing and writing speed
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In the same EdWeek Research Center survey, 74 percent of leaders in more affluent systems reported keyboarding instruction in grades K-2, against 51 percent of leaders in less affluent systems.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Seventy-four percent of district and school leaders in more affluent systems ... report offering keyboarding instruction in grades K-2. By contrast, 51 percent of leaders in less affluent systems”
How and When Students Learn to Type, in Charts, Education Week, 2024, Section on early instruction.
Open the original- What it measures
- The survey defines more affluent systems as those where fewer than half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and less affluent systems as those where most students do.
- What it does not show
- The gap is between reported offers, not between pupils who learn to type. The split is the survey's own definition, and the survey is not a verified random sample.