It fails (in K-12) because it misidentifies the problems. A school filled with iPads cannot solve: - poor nutrition - a home or neighborhood situation wracked

It fails (in K-12) because it misidentifies the problems. A school filled with iPads cannot solve: - poor nutrition - a home or neighborhood situation wracked with neglect, abuse, or addiction and the associated stress and anxiety that goes along with them - impoverished relatives that are forced to move frequently for new, low-paying jobs - general situational instability and lack of access to money The school's money could fix the underpaid teacher/poor facilities problem (but that only helps in cases where students can afford the schools in the first place, obviously.) In our system, we use phrases like "problems with K-12 education" as a laughable shorthand for "enormous societal problems we're not even trying to tackle in a serious way because they would require lots of work, taxation, redistribution, and government 'intrusion'." The people starting these schools would never have done so if they'd realized this; there is no silver bullet for the problem. It requires major systemic changes (and many of these things apply just as much to higher ed as well.)