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We went through a recent bond election on our town that is currently under investigation by the state for electioneering. Schools get a ton of money. Property
by nvahalik 4y ago
We went through a recent bond election on our town that is currently under investigation by the state for electioneering.
Schools get a ton of money. Property rates go up. We have good schools.
But let me tell you, every school kid got a stupid iPad.
Every. Single. One. Apparently the "answer" to the pandemic wasn't printed worksheets... it was iPads.
I'm sorry—but it's totally stupid. The schools are wasting crap-tons of money on tech that kids don't need. That money should be going to the teachers... but it isn't!
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- csande17 4y agoThe kind of base-model iPad that schools buy costs about $300 with education pricing and volume discounts. If you assume they last two years and there are 15 students for each teacher at the school, your school is spending about $2,250 per teacher per year on iPads. Teachers make about $60k a year, so your school could either give them a 4% raise, or they could buy a bunch of iPads. The iPads will probably have a bigger short-term impact, even if they're a bad long-term choice. At the very least, they'll look nicer to voters.
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- _hcuq 4y agoNegative impact in my experience. My kids were given ipads at school. Big downtrend in education quality ensued. Chaos really. It’s all a hand wavey “tech is good” without doing any research, experimentation or preparation. https://remakelearning.org/blog/2011/11/30/a-silicon-valley-school-thats-tech-free-by-choice/ https://remakelearning.org/blog/2011/11/30/a-silicon-valley-...