The Evidence on Education Reforms

[...]new research for the Copenhagen Consensus Center, the think tank I direct, highlights the counter-intuitive fact that equipping classrooms with additional textbooks or computers is no educational silver bullet, either. In assessing research relevant for policymakers in Bangladesh, Rabbani found...

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Published inProject Syndicate
Main Author Lomborg, Bjørn
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Prague Project Syndicate 17.05.2016
Subjects
Cognition & reasoning
Computers
Educational technology
Preschool education
Students
Teaching
Textbooks
Bangladesh
India
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Summary:[...]new research for the Copenhagen Consensus Center, the think tank I direct, highlights the counter-intuitive fact that equipping classrooms with additional textbooks or computers is no educational silver bullet, either. In assessing research relevant for policymakers in Bangladesh, Rabbani found only one study showing that additional textbooks definitely improved test scores - and only the top students benefited. [...]teachers reported that children who received laptops were significantly less likely to make an effort at school.