Are any of those dealbreakers though? There are all sorts of non-tech things that go on in the classroom and can't be controlled other than by the "old fashione

Are any of those dealbreakers though? There are all sorts of non-tech things that go on in the classroom and can't be controlled other than by the "old fashioned" method of the teacher looking around. I'd be really surprised if a student ever needed to have their tablet on for six full hours out of the day - my kids are only in school for 7 hours total, and if you take out lunch, PE, recess, bathroom breaks, and time without textbooks open, I'd guess they'd only need about 3-4 hours max (they certainly don't have to use it during the ride home). And is the parental control situation any different with iPad than with any other computer? Anyway, I'm not saying that iPads are necessarily right to replace textbooks (maybe, maybe not - I'd be way more excited about using them in school in other ways besides), but these reasons don't seem like serious problems to me.