[mstudio]

Great, but this is a private boarding school. I'm more concerned about the (over) use of Chromebooks in public schools. It's trivial for kids to tab over to Youtube or a gaming site in the middle of class. I would've done the same thing if I'd been given a laptop for 6 hours a day in school. When I see my kids trying to write math equations or use a virtual ruler/compass to do math homework, it really pains me. Let's go back to writing things by hand.

[ravenstine]

I don't see why schools really need to provide access to the open internet. Providing computer access is fine, but the network should be internal. Wikipedia PR Britannica can me mirrored, as well as any videos that teachers decide to have cached.

[blackmesaind]

Most schools utilize cloud-based education platforms (Google Classroom, Canvas, etc) that require connectivity. Local hosting requires infra + someone to manage it, not to mention that there aren't very many good self hosted edu software resources.

[ravenstine]

Closed network != local network

> there aren't very many good self hosted edu software resources

I'm not sure if that's a problem, but that feels like one.