By Seymour Papert
The facetious old turn of phrase that identifies schooling with the three Rs - reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic - may express the most obstinate block to change in education. The central role of these "basics" is never discussed; it is considered obvious. Thus the most important consequences of new technologies are not recognized by education policy-makers.
J. Singer. Proceedings of the 10th SIGPLAN symposium on New ideas, new paradigms, and reflections on programming and software, page 91--102. New York, NY, USA, ACM, (2011)