Why aren't more schools using TTRPG's as Learning Tools?
To preface this, my father was a teacher for all my life, and my mother worked with children as a behavioral specialist. I am a college graduate with degrees in Art and Medical Coding, as well as several years of personal experience working with younger children and developmentally challenged people.
With TTRPG's like D&D and Pathfinder undergoing a sort of modern Renaissance, I'm surprised that schools aren't using this as an opportunity to use the medium to teach stuff like Geography and History to students. There's MULTIPLE systems out there that can be used, even, such as: Land of Liberty (Revolutionary War), The Price of Coal (Blair Mountain Battle), GURPS Historical (Middle Ages to WWII), and the Mythra Earth Series
I strongly believe that it's not a lack of resources, so much as lack of awareness, or a stigma that this kind of thing isn't "appropriate," or it's not educational enough, or maybe the students will be too distracted or something? I respectfully disagree.
TTRPG's would allow students to be visualize the scenario and interact with one another in addressing the scenarios represented; this helps with active attention, critical thinking, leadership, teamwork, resource management, sociability, and other skills that are available outside of the lesson and the classroom. Historical scenarios would be particularly interesting; where players could put themselves in a certain era, and better understand what things were like, the choices that had to be made back then, and the reasoning behind them.
In addition to the benefits I've mentioned, price is also a factor; it's most definitely cheaper to use TTRPG books, pencils and paper than it would be for a classroom full of computers and tablets. Furthermore, The first two products would especially work, because one is a very simple system to use, and the second one doesn't even require a Game Master, making them ideal for classroom or afterschool use.
Do you agree with what I've said? Please Let me know in the comments!