▲ 990 ▼ 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) submitted 7 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/technology@lemmy.world 164 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archived copies of the article: ghostarchive.org web.archive.org
[–] xylogx@lemmy.world 71 points 7 months ago (7 children) We should be investing in teachers not technology. permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [+] melfie@lemy.lol 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Alphonsus@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] evol@lemmy.today 3 points 7 months ago In California most of my teachers were making 6 figures in my rural town, the problem is that kids don't care about learning, their parents especially do not care at all. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hector@lemmy.today 17 points 7 months ago (1 child) It's more than just lack of effort here though, it's systematic pollution they are allowing into our food and water with abandon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gigajhand@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago into education too, into everything they can actually permalink fedilink source parent [–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago Yeah, the systemic tearing down of public education definitely had an effect as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago Teachers are a cost-center Technology is a profit-center What are you, some kind of socialist? Your system will never work. We'll all run out of money! permalink fedilink source parent
[+] melfie@lemy.lol 28 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Alphonsus@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] evol@lemmy.today 3 points 7 months ago In California most of my teachers were making 6 figures in my rural town, the problem is that kids don't care about learning, their parents especially do not care at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Alphonsus@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] evol@lemmy.today 3 points 7 months ago In California most of my teachers were making 6 figures in my rural town, the problem is that kids don't care about learning, their parents especially do not care at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hector@lemmy.today 17 points 7 months ago (1 child) It's more than just lack of effort here though, it's systematic pollution they are allowing into our food and water with abandon. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] gigajhand@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago into education too, into everything they can actually permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gigajhand@lemmy.ml 9 points 7 months ago into education too, into everything they can actually permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago Yeah, the systemic tearing down of public education definitely had an effect as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago Teachers are a cost-center Technology is a profit-center What are you, some kind of socialist? Your system will never work. We'll all run out of money! permalink fedilink source parent