TechAdopted

As a tech coordinator in schools for over 30 years, I've watched Apple's various marketing pushes into schools for a long time. When all is said and done, though, it becomes clear that Apple's interests are aimed at their own bottom line, and not the improvement of education.

A growing consensus in education is that tablets add little educational value to the curriculum, even in the primary grades. We're seeing "tablet children" in the younger grades who struggle transitioning to mice and even laptop scratch pads, not to mention their other "small motor" skills.

Tablets are not designed to be much more than consumption devices. The screen keyboard on Apple devices is better than it used to be, but it's still a pain to use compared to others, and a real keyboard is still more efficient to handle text and  menu shortcuts. This is a big reason why Chromebooks have taken away Apple's share. 

Schools have turned to Chromebooks because it is a competitive product made by many solid companies, supporting a more flexible collaboration ecosystem, and Google contractually protects students from being targeted by advertising when schools sign up for GAFE. Apple cannot compete in these arenas with what it offers.

Furthermore, unless a school commits to the Apple ecosystem entirely, administering Apple products is far more annoying than Chromebooks, and other ecosystems. But many Apple people will defend their ecosystem to the death without experiencing the differences themselves.