Digital Learning Claims Don't Always Match Results
Stephen Nessen for SchoolBookOct. 10, 2011, 7:31 a.m.
Happy Columbus Day. There is no school today, but education was very much in the news over the weekend, with extra attention paid to education-related businesses.
Trying to find the digital solution that will help students pick up math and reading as quickly as they do the latest online game, districts and schools are spending $2.2 billion a year on educational software. But does all that money add up to higher scores on standardized tests for students? Not as often as the manufacturers say it does.
In a front page article on Sunday, Trip Gabriel and Matt Richtel
