Quick Hits (4.24.12)

Taking ‘the cap off learning.’ Officials at an Ohio school district are hoping iPads will boost their lagging graduation rates. They’ll use the money originally intended for textbooks to supply their new tech program. (Columbus Dispatch)

Classrooms of the future? Starting this fall, one Panama physics classroom will be outfitted with touchscreen desks, compatible with the touchscreens on the wall used by the teacher. Take a look at the rendering. (Huffington Post)

“The policy wonk must preach patience to the father who wants the class disrupter out.” Scott Joftus explains how his day job at an education consulting firm collides with his role as a father of two school-aged girls. (Education Next)

‘Learning from Mrs. G.’ Thomas Sowell recounts how his freshman English teacher at Howard University came to influence him later, when they worked briefly as colleagues. (h/t Joanne Jacobs) (National Review)