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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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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Why do you think other countries did it right? Does the article say that kids in other countries are smarter?

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[–] III@lemmy.world -5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

No, common sense says that.

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[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Common sense isn't real, it's knowledge we take for granted ... when it happens to be correct, which often enough it isn't.

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