A lot of the move to requiring laptops, particularly district-supplied Chromebooks, is not driven by an effort to improve education per-se, but to improve the e

A lot of the move to requiring laptops, particularly district-supplied Chromebooks, is not driven by an effort to improve education per-se, but to improve the education workflow for teachers, and to go paperless. Students are given a Chromebook and a G Suite for Education account, and all papers/homework is required to be submitted in Google Doc format. The accounts and the Chromebooks are, of course, centrally managed. Because all students receive these devices (and in our case have to pay a $20/yr. insurance fee to cover any potential damage) any objection from poor or under-priviledged families is eliminated. It is sold to parents as a way to improve education? Of course. But in reality it's not for the benefit of the students. It's for the teachers.