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Technology Is Transforming What Happens When a Child Goes to School
Credit: The Economist
The idea of using technology to revamp education is not new. In 1984, American schools averaged one computer for every 125 pupils. By 2012 there were five for every nine. But this big bang in access to IT had "little or no positive effect" on outcomes such as test scores, according to an analysis from around the world published last year. In 2015 the OECD found no link between what countries spend on IT in schools and their 15-year-olds' abilities in math, science, and reading.
Now, though, the stasis is finally starting to shift, for two reasons. The first is that "edtech" is increasingly able to interact with students in sophisticated ways. The second reason is the experience of a growing number of schools which are not just bolting edtech onto the existing way of doing things but using the new software to change how pupils and teachers spend their time.
From The Economist
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