My school district has lost almost 20% of the teachers and looking at another $13,000,000 in deficit next year. they can afford iPads what a BROKEN Education Funding System we have! Latino students get $0.85 for every dollar spent on White non-Hispanic students.<p>&gt; writes about how we are sacrificing connections, one quick check of our screens at a time<p>The old Computers cause people to disconnect and check out argument again!<p>As an old Geek I have always heard the anti-social behaviors breed by computer use. The funny thing is I was more connected to people then anyone I knew. The one culture that connects and gathers together have been the Geeks.<p>PS iPads for each child in elementary school is a bad idea but not for these reasons.