Re:Henrico County Report (Score 1)

If the goal is to replace (heavy???) textbooks, why is there a need for internet ability? Put e-books on the computers with bio-id so that only one person would be able to use the computer. An Administrative upgrade would automatically overwrite the old user and enable a new user to "first time user" login with a new password. Could it be hacked??? You bet. There are always those that could get around a system like this but few would even invest the time. Just because it is a computer doesn't mean that it "has" to come with internet access. Nor should the student be able to install anything. Make it read only. People have lost track of what school is all about. It is not social activity nor is it babysitting 101. This is a time...and place...for learning the basic skills needed to survive in a society...ummm...like being able to read, spell & write, add a column of figures, use a checkbook, do your taxes, pass a college entrance exam. And for those students that can't, or won't, give their own education the time and effort that it requires...well, we will always need ditch diggers and burger flippers, although I understand that Mickey D's is requiring a minimum HS dipoloma.