Every parent knows that the Ipad is awful for their kid's education, but it keeps them quiet, so they happily take it.

I certainly believe that, but why did school systems jump on board, especially to be such early adopters as the 2010s, when the iphone was just a few years old? We used to use TV to keep kids quiet, but schools always talked about how bad it was.

For similar convenience as parents: less work on correcting homework and such