But research by the Gates Foundation shows that spending on America's schools has more than doubled in the past four decades, with much of the extra money going on textbooks and updating computer hardware.
Today, hotels pay upwards of $100,000 to license management software for their properties and then spend thousands more on updating computer terminals and training staff to use the equipment.
These included specialized teachers, more guidance counselors, training for parents, a translation unit to serve non-English-speaking parents, updated computers and enhanced art programs.
They were among the dozen summer interns hired by Stamford's information technology department to trouble-shoot and update computers in the city's 19 schools.
The software, which manufacturers must install on all new PCs starting July 1, would allow the government to regularly update computers with an ever-changing list of banned Web sites.
Lease anything that needs to be constantly updated, computers being number one in this group.
Sharnford C of E Primary School, Sharnford, Leicestershire: update computer suites and wireless networks, complementing them with new tablet computers.
The updated computer system can tell a worker where to find stock in a matter of minutes.
The complaint asserts that S.& P. staff chose not to update computer programs because the changes would have led to harsher ratings, and a potential loss of business.
Just as in 2003, some utility operators also failed to maintain updated computer models of all the electric system's components, which help them identify vulnerabilities.
Most banks oppose such a plan, saying it would cost the industry up to £10bn to update computer systems to accommodate the change.
