I agree completely with the first part. The tablets, not so much. Perhaps they will just be using more apps like imgfave. I don't think the issue is tools or needing things like Khan Academy or anything like that. I think it is a combination of the cultural view of education, the educational, social, and economic status of those teaching, and, perhaps most importantly, parental engagement.

There are a lot of cultural issues at play here. Children aren't born afraid of math. It's not a coincidence that hundreds of years ago educated people tended to be polymaths (if not experts in many fields).

Are we likely to fix all these issues anytime soon? I fear probably not. But we don't have to go backwards.