Just an aside to your commentary......a few years ago, LA Unified School District decided that every child should have an IPad. No surprise to those of us who can think, over 50% of those iPads went ‘missing’ in the first few weeks of the program. I haven’t read any follow-ups on that story, but I suspect those IPads stayed ‘in the wind’.
I have two sisters who teach in Kansas and the district they work are giving every kid from 8th and above a laptop of some type. Stupid.
Pencil and paper are cheaper but Apple and other makers can’t make a killing on selling their equipment to schools.