I never knew of anyone who didn't use their school-issued devices for anything other than browser games most of the time. They literally used it for games rather than school work.

You can't hand them the reins and then complain that they're even worse now. Schools are partially to blame for all this electronics bullshit kids are into these days. A lot of middle and high schools almost require students to have a fucking iPad these days.

The biggest issues this article points out seem like failures of the IT department/teachers (or those telling the teachers how to teach).

It's not hard to block a kid from running minecraft, and relying on duolingo to teach your kids is just idiotic. Why send them to school in the first place if they could just as easily do duolingo at home? Only let the kids have their devices out when it's necessary for the assignment, and have them put them away when it's not.

This just reminded me; my first time playing Pokemon Gold/Silver was on a computer in my school library using a fan translation patch like 6 months before the English release.

Good times.