Nivarna wrote:I was reading about school saying the same thing in our local paper. It was all cash strapped for about 4 paragraphs... When I got to the last paragraph, it was saying how the school had given all of the kids I-pads and that they used interactive tables. Surely things were out synch when it came to priorities in their case
Wilson wrote:Nivarna wrote:I was reading about school saying the same thing in our local paper. It was all cash strapped for about 4 paragraphs... When I got to the last paragraph, it was saying how the school had given all of the kids I-pads and that they used interactive tables. Surely things were out synch when it came to priorities in their case
Every 1st world country is using Ipads in schools. No reason the 6th richest economy should be left behind.
Nivarna wrote:Wilson wrote:Nivarna wrote:I was reading about school saying the same thing in our local paper. It was all cash strapped for about 4 paragraphs... When I got to the last paragraph, it was saying how the school had given all of the kids I-pads and that they used interactive tables. Surely things were out synch when it came to priorities in their case
Every 1st world country is using Ipads in schools. No reason the 6th richest economy should be left behind.
From the feedback to the article, many of the parents were saying that the Ipads were hardly used for the mojority of the school day. Plus many were having problems with there not being enough chargers and cables. Added to the fact that many kids weren't charging their devices.
Surely if a School is having problems with day services and running costs, wasting money on Ipads etc should be taken into consideration. They are hardly necessities are they? Especially if seldom used.
Nivarna wrote:Surely if a School is having problems with day services and running costs, wasting money on Ipads etc should be taken into consideration. They are hardly necessities are they? Especially if seldom used.
Nivarna wrote:I was reading about school saying the same thing in our local paper. It was all cash strapped for about 4 paragraphs... When I got to the last paragraph, it was saying how the school had given all of the kids I-pads and that they used interactive tables. Surely things were out synch when it came to priorities in their case
Guest wrote:A cash-strapped primary school is asking pupils to vacuum classrooms at the end of the day because it cannot afford to replace the cleaner, while the headteacher’s husband is doing the plumbing for free.
Ministers have failed to explain where schools will find savings, watchdog says
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In a stark example of how the government’s funding cuts are hitting schools across the country, Furzedown primary school, in the London borough of Wandsworth, has been forced to make cutbacks to try to balance the books.
It is one of thousands of schools struggling to make ends meet during the funding crisis. Thousands of parents, teachers and governors held local events as part of a national day of action to protest against the cuts, which will see schools in England face a real-terms reduction of £3bn once inflation is taken into account.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... -cuts-bite
FFS!
Let kids be kids, they shouldn't have to clean their own classrooms and be troubled with that sort of shit!
Nivarna wrote:I was reading about school saying the same thing in our local paper. It was all cash strapped for about 4 paragraphs... When I got to the last paragraph, it was saying how the school had given all of the kids I-pads and that they used interactive tables. Surely things were out synch when it came to priorities in their case
wutang wrote:Nivarna wrote:Surely if a School is having problems with day services and running costs, wasting money on Ipads etc should be taken into consideration. They are hardly necessities are they? Especially if seldom used.
This is where inequality becomes systematised. In an increasingly technologically-driven society the use of things like Tablets are important for functioning within it - more and more services are becoming accessible only online and more and more jobs require a basic understanding of them.
Also the range of educational functions they provide is extensive and makes them cost effective - my sis teaches primary school and they use ipads to teach everything from music, art, coding, editing, history, geography etc. Imagine how much more it would cost to buy all the separate equipment for these subjects.
If we want to tackle social inequality then all kids should have access to these things at school.
Maddog wrote:That's standard in Japan. But so is jumping in front of trains, so there's that.
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