Why giving poor kids computers doesn’t improve scholastic performance. - By Ray Fisman - Slate Magazine
Why giving poor kids computers doesn’t improve scholastic performance. - By Ray Fisman - Slate Magazine If we really want to help poor kids, whether in Romania, sub-Saharan Africa, or America’s housing projects, we may want to focus on approaches that provide structured, supervised access through after-school programs or subsidies that bring technology into low-income schools. But just giving kids computers? Might as well just ship them PlayStations.
