Simply putting students on a laptop or iPad does not achieve anything. What is most important is that the students have a stable infrastructure of the school day and a stable home life to increase productivity, having teachers that will teach classes in an engaging way with the students' laptops, and having delegated leadership so that students don't become lost when learning. 

Sutton's main idea in his article about 1:1 programs is that having access to laptops or iPads isn't the end all way to achieve higher test scores, with proper teaching the students will utilize this major technology tool in order to learn better. (Sutton, N.) 

An incredibly important idea both sources touch on is that the educators need to be the ones to marry the idea of technology and education. Most students feel comfortable using technology and are usually more suited for education on a laptop then a teacher would be. It is important that the lessons used with the 1:1 programs make the technology a tool. For example, when I was in high school, in my astronomy class, we used laptops to simulate the night sky and track and chart stars. Another example was we used laptops in my tech theatre class to build sets with dimensions of our stage we measured out and measurements of the wood we had in the shop. Having access to technology in a necessary tool for the modern student but, it is up to the educators to implement the usage of them and teach students about utilizing the tools.