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Apple iPad helps lift school district’s graduation rate to 82% from 65%

Friday, May 13, 2016 10:57 amFriday, May 13, 20166 Comments

H.L. Suverkrup Elementary, in Yuma, Ariz., is part of an innovative effort by Apple to use technology to help level…

L.A. Unified to get $6.4 million in settlement over iPad software

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 8:35 am11 Comments

The Los Angeles Unified School District has reached a tentative $6.4-million settlement…

What schools must learn from Los Angeles’ iPad fiasco

Friday, May 8, 2015 11:59 amFriday, May 8, 201522 Comments

When Los Angeles schools began handing out iPads in the fall of 2013…

U.S. SEC probes L.A. Unified School District’s iPad debacle

Friday, April 17, 2015 10:55 amFriday, April 17, 201515 Comments

The federal Securities and Exchange Commission recently opened…

Los Angeles schools seeking refund over botched iPad plan

Thursday, April 16, 2015 8:30 am34 Comments

The country’s second-largest school district is taking another step to back away…

U.S. FBI seizes L.A. Unified School District iPad documents; 20 boxes carted away in surprise visit

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 3:55 pmTuesday, December 2, 201441 Comments

FBI agents on Monday removed 20 boxes of documents from the Los Angeles Unified School District…

How L.A. Unified completely screwed up their iPad program

Thursday, September 18, 2014 1:26 pmThursday, September 18, 201418 Comments

LA Unified district staff was so focused on distributing devices that little attention was paid…

St. Paul schools rolls out Apple iPads to nearly 40,000 students

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 12:58 pmTuesday, August 26, 201424 Comments

The St. Paul School District will roll out an iPad initiative this fall…

Los Angeles teachers union calls for investigation of school super Deasy’s ties to Apple, Pearson execs

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 11:02 am19 Comments

Los Angeles teachers union president Alex Caputo-Pearl on Monday…

L.A. Unified School District suspends Apple iPad contract

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 8:56 amTuesday, August 26, 201427 Comments

L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy suspended future use of a contract with Apple…

Lessons from the Los Angeles School District iPad fiasco

Thursday, July 3, 2014 10:27 amThursday, July 3, 201422 Comments

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) learned some tough lessons…

After bungled iPad rollout, Los Angeles school district offers students choice of 6 non-Apple laptops, hybrids

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 10:55 amTuesday, July 1, 201467 Comments

Los Angeles school district officials have allowed a group of high schools to choose…

Why Los Angeles is giving away 651,000 Apple iPads

Tuesday, April 1, 2014 12:27 pmTuesday, April 1, 201456 Comments

It’s called the Common Core Technology Project…

L.A. school board votes to distribute iPads to 38 more campuses

Wednesday, January 15, 2014 3:38 pmWednesday, January 15, 20149 Comments

Board members approved a $115-million proposal…

L.A. Unified School District repossesses students’ iPads as $1-billion plan hits hurdles

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 3:00 pmTuesday, October 1, 201333 Comments

Los Angeles school officials have taken back iPads from students…

The details about the huge 640,000 iPad rollout in Los Angeles schools

Friday, July 26, 2013 10:31 amFriday, July 26, 201323 Comments

Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District will receive 31,000 free iPads…

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