Sunday, July 11, 2010

When poor children are given computers, their performance in school declines

A new study suggests that home computers and Internet access have such a negative effect only on some groups and end up widening achievement gaps between socioeconomic groups. The expansion of broadband service was associated with a pronounced drop in test scores for black students in both reading and math, but no effect on the math scores and little on the reading scores of other students.

Hat tip, Half Sigma!

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