How Google Took Over the Classroom
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/technology/google-education-chromebooks-schools.html
The tech giant is transforming public education with low-cost laptops and free apps. But schools may be giving Google more than they are getting. The sixth graders at Newton Bateman, a public elementary school here with a classic red brick facade, know the Google drill. In a social-science class last year, the students each grabbed a Google-powered laptop. They opened Google Classroom, an app where teachers make assignments. Then they clicked on Google Docs, a writing program, and began (...)