" Ever since microcomputers came ashore around 1980, schools have been scooping them up by the millions as if they represented some great panacea to resolve the dozens of crippling issues raised by A Nation at Risk and countless other critical reports. Fifteen years and millions of dollars later, what evidence can we present to justify the investment? "Did anybody learn anything?" is the essential question."

"Has this just been another great educational bandwagon or boondoggle? Or has the introduction of new technology made a substantial difference in the learning of students?"