The TLDR is native iOS apps are going to die pretty soon. I was with you until this. The segment of the education market that bought the 2010 iPad will indeed

The TLDR is native iOS apps are going to die pretty soon. I was with you until this. The segment of the education market that bought the 2010 iPad will indeed have some early-adopter problems, but in my experience working with a K-12 education startup, the vast majority of installed iPads in schools are iPad 2s. Native iOS apps will die when iOS dies, which appears to be about as "soon" in tech industry time as the sun running out of helium.