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DBoon

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2. Apple must have done a great job selling these

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 06:36 PM

Dec 2025

A locked down Linux tablet with instructional material pre-loaded would be a good alternative. Cheaper, little resale if stolen and less chance of distracting from education.

Printed textbooks aren't cheap, and think of the costs of storing and distributing them

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Parents say school-issued iPads are causing chaos with their kids [View all] Coventina Dec 2025 OP

Good God. Sounds like a disaster. Irish_Dem Dec 2025 #1

Apple must have done a great job selling these DBoon Dec 2025 #2

+1 dalton99a Dec 2025 #6

The internet, video games, & etc. are snot Dec 2025 #3

"even during band and gym class" gulliver Dec 2025 #4

School districts have to have management measures in place to help minimize these issues indigovalley Dec 2025 #5

San Diego Unified did that in 2012. BigmanPigman Dec 2025 #7