So why aren't our schools full of computers and students with computer skills? Why are many public schools just now starting to embrace literacy and information technology?” (Hughes) This article highlights the need for community schools in the United States to begin using computers. The absence of funding is the cause of the delay in the use of information technologies by schools; “The National Science Foundation is charged with developing a plan for national computer literacy; Introduction of the microcomputer in 1981; Donation of computers by Apple and International Business Machines to schools.”