iPads in the classroom raise math scores 49%

[spin]

19. True but would a teacher from the 1970s be shocked?

That was before the advent of the internet and personal computers.

Since the mid-1990s the Internet has had a tremendous impact on culture and commerce, including the rise of near instant communication by email, instant messaging, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) "phone calls", two-way interactive video calls, and the World Wide Web[21] with its discussion forums, blogs, social networking, and online shopping sites. Increasing amounts of data are transmitted at higher and higher speeds over fiber optic networks operating at 1-Gbit/s, 10-Gbit/s, or more. The Internet continues to grow, driven by ever greater amounts of online information and knowledge, commerce, entertainment and social networking.[22]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet#History

I'm not suggesting eliminating teachers. I'm just suggesting using technology more efficiently to aid teachers.

Obviously our educational system has problems.

Published Online: June 2, 2010
Published in Print: June 10, 2010, as Progress Postponed

U.S. Graduation Rate Continues Decline
Graduation Rate Continues Decline
By Christopher B. Swanson

Every school day, more than 7,200 students fall through the cracks of America's public high schools. Three out of every 10 members of this year’s graduating class, 1.3 million students in all, will fail to graduate with a diploma. The effects of this graduation crisis fall disproportionately on the nation’s most vulnerable youths and communities. A majority of nongraduates are members of historically disadvantaged minorities and other educationally underserved groups. They are more likely to attend school in large, urban districts. And they come disproportionately from communities challenged by severe poverty and economic hardship.

According to the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center’s latest analysis of high school completion, the national graduation rate stands at 68.8 percent for the class of 2007, the most recent year for which data are available. This represents a slight drop, four-tenths of a percentage point, from 69.2 percent for the previous high school class.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2010/06/10/34swanson.h29.html

Graduation Rates Increase Around The Globe As U.S. Plateaus

Other countries have pulled ahead, and the U.S. falls behind
By: Kavitha Cardoza // February 21, 2012

More than at any other time, getting a good job requires a strong education, especially in a global market. But in international rankings of high school graduation, the U.S. is near the bottom of the list of developed countries. It's a statistic that has not gone unnoticed by educators and policymakers at the highest levels, and many of them are now looking to other countries to see where American schools can improve.

In 2009, President Obama spoke to students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, carrying a strong message: dropping out is not patriotic.

"If you quit on school, you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country," he said.

The president has said other countries were "out-educating us." It seems they're also out-graduating us.
http://wamu.org/news/morning_edition/12/02/21/graduation_rates_increase_around_the_globe_as_us_plateaus