My friend's wife works in Compton, which is one of the most distraught and lowest income areas in the country. I asked as a technologist what can we do to help

My friend's wife works in Compton, which is one of the most distraught and lowest income areas in the country. I asked as a technologist what can we do to help her. She said she needs laptops for every child. Standardized tests are being taken on computers now and many of her kids do not even know the simplest commands -- drag and drop, right click for more options, drag to expand, etc. This is an obvious incremental hinderance on their ability to catch up to the rest of society. Additionally, they actually have funding for computers, but the district pays the lowest vendor for the most hardware. Makes sense from a non-technical bureaucrat's point of view. More computers means more children can have access. However, these computers break down before the end of the year and they mysteriously disappear after being loaned to the children. My friend's wife now has to bring in her own computer and use that to teach her children how to use the basics of computers because the system is so broken and because people have a generally naive and ignorant view of what is needed and not needed by the education system, even at home.