How is this any different than public schools buying baseballs from Rawlings (co-owned by the MLB). Or football pads, basketball goals etc... I guarantee that the district in question spends far more than $450k purchasing sports equipment from corporations.
And since public schools are mostly locally funded, some districts aren't cash strapped.
>my point stands: no school should be spending a half million in tax money on corporate video games.
This decision is made at the district level, if the people don't like it, they can very easily vote in a different school board. The local voters are the ones who get to decide what they "should" spend their tax money on.
> if indeed there is any educational merit whatsoever to this initiative (which I highly doubt).
Participation in after school activities has been shown to positively impact educational performance.
And since public schools are mostly locally funded, some districts aren't cash strapped.
>my point stands: no school should be spending a half million in tax money on corporate video games.
This decision is made at the district level, if the people don't like it, they can very easily vote in a different school board. The local voters are the ones who get to decide what they "should" spend their tax money on.
> if indeed there is any educational merit whatsoever to this initiative (which I highly doubt).
Participation in after school activities has been shown to positively impact educational performance.