iPads in the classroom raise math scores 49%

[Nevernose]

12. I suspect total bullshit

Because I've seen schools and classes issued iPads. Happened over the last couple of years in my district. Many are stolen or broken within weeks; virtually all of them are jail broken within days to become game/porn machines. Math scores have gone up, but no moreso than at the school I teach at, which has no iPads (though we do have smart boards, which are very cool). Most of our rise at the secondary level, I believe, is the trickle down effect of a renewed emphasis in the primary grades, plus new techniques/emphasis/curriculum at the secondary level.

And I have never, not once, seen a charter/private/profit based school self report a negative outcome, so the fact that Kipp schools reported this stinks to high heaven.