I really, really hate these types of articles. I manage the IT for a non-public school. We accept kids who are too disruptive to be in the public schools so w

I really, really hate these types of articles. I manage the IT for a non-public school. We accept kids who are too disruptive to be in the public schools so we deal with several school districts extensively. So I have friends in the IT departments of just about every Southern California school district. Given that experience I can say with some authority that this "high level thinking" means nothing until someone can solve the practical problems with getting technology into schools Just one example, most school districts have something in the area of 1 support staff per 5 to 10 schools. You start deploying large technology outlays and make them integral to the lesson plans of the class and the need for support staff shoots up to 1 per school. So just getting the computers in the classroom requires 10 times more staff AND the money for the computers. While this very article cites how scarce money is. Every IT person I know who works for a school district would love to see technology used in the classroom more. Many would work day and night if they felt there was a chance to make real changes. But the hurdles to getting there are seemingly insurmountable only serves to demoralize the people facing those hurdles.