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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents (fortune.com)
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[–] Abundance114@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

This is a product of no child left behind, and similar policies. While it's an admirable idea; if the scardest person on the roller coaster gets to control the gas pedel, then no one is going anywhere quickly.