Forty out of 50 states in the United States have adopted the CommonCorecurriculum, which phases out cursive writing in the classroom, for their public schools.
Professionalization of a teaching profession that merely focuses on getting better PISA test scores or more efficient teaching of a commoncorecurriculum will do no better than what we have now, and probably worse.
The News tablets will come loaded with material from the CommonCore State Standards (CCSS), a K-12 curriculum developed by a broad coalition of education experts and supported by most states.