Putting more computers in schools will do little to improve the
quality of education in Latin America and the Caribbean unless countries
invest in teacher training and educational software, according to a new
study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

In spite of a recent flurry of high-quality research on the impact
of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on education,
significant uncertainty still remains about the effectiveness of these
interventions in improving learning, especially in the case of very
visible initiatives, such as providing computers for every child...