The Register reports on a new European study that having computers at home and at school do not necessarily contribute to kids learning abilities or achievement:

"... Bivariate analyses show a positive correlation between student achievement and the availability of computers both at home and at schools. However, once we control extensively for family background and school characteristics, the relationship gets negative for home computers and insignificant for school computers. Thus, the mere availability of computers at home seems to distract students from effective learning. But measures of computer use for education and communication at home show a positive conditional relationship with student achievement..."

Lesson: Computers are just tools, and really like anything else they can assist or detract from a proper education.