Should laptops replace textbooks?

Akbar Ali, your consideration is not fully explaining what you mean by replacing teachers!
You say they replace them- laptops arent replacing teachers in anyway! teachers would still be teaching, but there would be less stress with grading papers.

Teachers buying laptops, schools would be paying less money in the long run because paper costs more- about 5 packs of loose leaf paper, and about 10-15 of regular printer paper PER CLASSROOM! So buying laptops is less money in general.

I am a student in a westchester school (ny) and i think having laptops would be a big advantage with students and teachers!
it would also help the environment by not wasting as much paper and there would be more forests for animals (trees-> =paper). So I agree with emily

you had spelling errors (a lot).
I BELEIVE THAT THE CHILDREN SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE LAPTOPS INSTEAD OF BOOKS. THEY weigh LESS AND TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE CHILDREN BREAKING THEM, SIMPLY TELL THE PARENTS THAT THEY ARE TO BUY INSURANCE, THERE FOR THE CHILDREN WOULD BE MORE CARFUL. MY DAUGHTER, WHO JUST ENTERED MIDDLE SCHOOL, ALWAYS COMPLAINS OF HAVING TOO MANY BOOKS, AND I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY PARENT WHO HAS TO hear THIS. SO, IF WE GET THE LAPTOPS THERE WOULDN'T BE AS MUCH PROBLEM FOR THE CHILD AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HEAR IT. AND BESIDES, I'M SICK AND TIRED OF GOING TO A conference AND HEARING MY CHILD LOST HIS OR HER HOMEWORK ( OR THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD THE TEACHER). WITH THIS LAPTOP THERE IS REALLY NO EXCUSE!!!

I also agree with you. Sorry I corrected you, I am a language arts teacher and i've been out of work latley.. got to correct someones work :) !

w00T! we should have laptops in our schools they help us learn about geography and ur mom on chatting websites!

i think laptops sholud be in school for good

i am in faver of laptops

I think schools should have laptops because the students can't use the excuse I don't have a computer. It would also help for the kids that have sloppy writing so the teachers can actually read it and the kid could get a good grade for a change.

In the business model today, employees must have ubiquitous access to information. When applying this business model to education, I believe technology support and information access models are missing the one important variable in counting employees. Students ARE employees. Their job description is to learn. Teachers are managers - i.e. learning managers. Now let's put the appropriate support mechanisms in place for this business model for education.

I think laptops should be allowed at school it would be so much easier for my back!! Also, it would be easier to hand in work and not have to worry about losing your homework or something. Plus, if a kid went away they could just e-mail the work to the teacher.