silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThe U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parentsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square150linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parentsfortune.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square150linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarew3dd1e@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoSchools are meant to teach kids how to think critically, along with basic facts. Giving them laptops doesn’t teach that part unless you go out of your way for it.
Schools are meant to teach kids how to think critically, along with basic facts.
Giving them laptops doesn’t teach that part unless you go out of your way for it.