In a recent article The Economist magazine reviewed the results of an Inter-American Development Bank report on the OLPC project in Peru. While known for its insightful writing, in this case The Economist missed the point. While correctly pointing out that math and language skills showed no noticeable improvement after the children started using their XO laptop, The Economist missed the most important point. In Peru children showed a marked improvement in cognitive skills.
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The Economist is very good with numbers, but fails to analyze something for which there is no scale.
