wraggster
July 27th, 2013, 23:27
After signing a $30 million iPad deal with Apple in June, the Los Angeles School Board of Education has revealed the full extent of the program that will provide tablets to all students in the district (http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/26/4559066/free-apple-ipad-school-children-la-district). CiteWorld reports that the first phase of the program will see pupils receive 31,000 iPads this school year, rising to 640,000 Apple tablets by the end of 2014. Apple previously announced that the initiative would include 47 campuses and commence in the fall."Certain companies (not just Apple) stand to benefit (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/06/28/2351233/la-school-districts-30000-ipads-may-come-with-free-lock-in) from this kind of outlay.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/07/27/1912208/every-public-school-student-in-la-will-get-an-ipad-in-2014
http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/07/27/1912208/every-public-school-student-in-la-will-get-an-ipad-in-2014