Let them eat tablets! Trying to stop the rot in Thailand’s schools by giving out tablet computers

Let them eat tablets! Trying to stop the rot in Thailand’s schools by giving out tablet computers – The Economist, June 16, 2012
…The chief problem is that children’s educational attainments are falling, even as more money is being lavished on the schools. Thailand now spends about 20% of the national budget on education, more than it devotes to any other sector. The budget has doubled over a decade. Yet results are getting worse, both in absolute terms and relative to other countries in South-East Asia…