> eight text messages at a total cost of about $7 a student lol dumb government wasting money! > The text intervention was particularly cost effective: the me

> eight text messages at a total cost of about $7 a student lol dumb government wasting money! > The text intervention was particularly cost effective: the messaging campaign cost $7 per student, inclusive of the expense of hiring school counselors to support students who needed additional assistance. This is from the study[0] linked in the article, and makes it clear that labor is the expense, not sending text messages. This isn't just an error or a bad story, it's the deliberate removal of defining information. Moreover, I'd argue that it's not only intentional but systemic at the New York Times, and has been for decades. [0] http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/9_Castleman_SummerTextMessages.pdf http://curry.virginia.edu/uploads/resourceLibrary/9_Castlema...