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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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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I've been hearing about this. And the software isn't great, I hear stories of kids taking tests online and software glitches keep them from completing the tests. I love computers, but you know what always works? Pencil and paper.

[–] darthelmet@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Idk… I’ve had a few pretty shitty pencils.