I just read your post to my wife. She nodded in complete agreement with everything you stated. The good idea fairies in school administration have run amok fed by us, the taxpayers.
Yep. I work in a private district, so it's not just the public schools that have gone nuts.
Was there any indication of the iPad being connected to Common Core curriculum in either of your situations?
Are you aware that one of the purposes of using the iPad for common core curriculum is to track the body language using the video cam?
NSA related?