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Schools are just looking for a cheap method to deliver educational materials digitally. Chromebooks have some tools and support for managing the content. The maintenance of the device is simple, which is probably a plus to schools that don't have much of a budget for an IT department. However, I wonder if the savings are really significant over old fashioned textbooks. I really doubt there is any educational benefit over traditional methods of education. I always kind of agreed with Clifford Stoll that the best way to learn Astronomy was to go look at the stars. As long as it doesn't replace other elements of a curriculum, then I'm okay with it. Really doubt any serious CS education is going on with Chromebooks. Wouldn't learning mathematics be as beneficial to a future CS student as writing a Hello World program.