Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops
One of the down sides of NCLB (No Child Left Behind) has been it's impact on curriculum. If a subject is not on the state test, then it suddenly becomes irrelevant. This is true of (former) school staples like recess, gym, and civics. Unfortunately, this is also true of future technologies/skills such as internet research, touch typing, and office software, and video production. These are the skills of the future. The skills that will help our students to get and keep jobs and to have real upward mobility. The three R's are the foundation, not the be all and end all.
Total Sidebar - I can't help but wonder if the schools dropping laptops are using PCs not Macs. Check out Learning Is Messy's 1:1 Case Study.
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