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How exactly does it help IT education and what was wrong with it that it needed a "reboot"?

The original idea was giving kids a device they could just connect into a TV (no need to buy a new screen) and learn by screwing up like ~"we all did when computers were simpler."

iPads, iPhones, Windows, etc.

They're expensive and complicated. Kids can't take the family computer and screw up installing linux 3 times while Mom needs to do something for work. A $25 computer is something a family could easily afford and so could school districts.

We had computers at school, but we didn't have great teachers. Wouldn't be better if school spent money on good specialists willing to share their knowledge or at least make sure kids watch certain channels on YouTube that have wealth of knowledge? If parents won't spend $200 on a computer to help their children get better future, their certainly won't spend $25. I bet they wouldn't even treat this seriously.

Most kids only experience computers through a smart phone and a collection of social media apps.

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