Lomborg: $31/Year Educational Tablets Deliver Three Years of Learning Gains
Bjorn Lomborg · Ep 79: Bjorn Lomborg and the 12 Best Ideas to Help the World · Joe Lonsdale · Feb 29, 2024 · at 10:11
Bjorn Lomborg highlights educational software tablets as one of the highest-return interventions identified by economists in 'Best Things First.'
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“So if you do this tablet one hour a day, remember that means You don't get to have the tablet. You share it with a lot of other kids. It cost about 31 dollars per kid per year. But the benefit is that this kid will learn about three years of normal schooling just from that extra.”
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