As it stands, this is not great. The cost of an iPad is $500. It'll probably need replacing every couple of years, and that's assuming your kid doesn't break it all the time (if I'd had one of these at school it would have been smashed up constantly). Each textbook is a minimum of $15. Over the course of a high school education, this is going to cost each child ('s parents) thousands of dollars.
This will only benefit kids at the richest schools, which will not fix America's education problem.
This will only benefit kids at the richest schools, which will not fix America's education problem.