David Brooks writes a column today that brings together two of my favorite topics: education and technology. First, let me fish out the important facts that he throws in his column.

He points to one study that found that disadvantaged kids who were given 12 books of their own choosing had higher reading scores than kids who didn't have these books. They were also less affected by "summer slide."

Another study found that the spread of home computers and high speed Internet access was associated with a decline in math and reading scores. 

So, kids that have books in their home do well in school. Kids that have computers do badly.

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