The following is both the truth, and a letter to the editor I sent to the Des Moines Register this weekend:
In a recent 5-1
vote, the Johnston School Board agreed to spend $1.4 million to purchase 1,600
iPads, enough for each high school student and teacher.
As a Johnston
school district taxpayer, I say why stop there?
If the board thinks iPads are that important to learning, let’s increase
property taxes so we can equip every middle and elementary school student and
teacher with an iPad.
And if they’re
really serious about this learning thing, let’s increase taxes even more so we
can get an iPad in the hands every parent of every Johnston Community School
District student. After all, parents
need help with their lifelong learning, too!
It sure is good to
know our school board isn’t concerned about there not being one shred of
evidence that student achievement is correlated to using an iPad, a technology
that’s only two years old. Only silly
people without iPads probably think that way.
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