In 2002, Maine became the first state to implement a statewide laptop program to some grade levels. Then-governor Angus King saw the program as a way to put the internet at the fingertips of more children, who would be able to immerse themselves in information.
By that fall, the Maine Learning Technology Initiative had distributed 17,000 Apple laptops to seventh graders across 243 middle schools. By 2016, those numbers had multiplied to 66,000 laptops and tablets distributed to Maine students.
King’s initial efforts have been mirrored across the country. In 2024, the U.S. spent more than $30 billion putting laptops and tablets in schools. But more than a quarter-century and numerous evolving models of technology later, psychologists and learning experts see a different outcome than the one King intended. Rather than empowering the generation with access to more knowledge, the technology had the opposite effect.
Scientists: This is the first time this has actually happened based on measurable data.
You: Old people have been saying the same thing forever.
lmao that’s simply not true. If you know anything about academia you’d know that you can find measuring for anything if you want to. In fact 100$ say that this is not the first time even with existing material.
While you are right about academia, if you are going to say “that’s simply not true” then you need to simply have the information to prove it. If you don’t easily find the information, then it is not simply not true. You are so confident in this that you are willing to bet real money. So go find that information.
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