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JAMF brings more Apple to the teachers (and the schools)
Jamf has introduced a range of excellent tools that should help schools teach more effectible with Apple kit…
How coding can make your kids safer online
All this emphasis on childhood coding may seem like overkill, but it can actually…
Apple’s Swift Playgrounds expands coding education to robots, drones and musical instruments
Apple today announced that Swift Playgrounds, its educational coding app for iPad, will offer…
Apple TV just became an enterprise hub for connected things
Hotels, colleges, enterprises and educators now have a really simple way to deploy Apple TVs…
Apple iPad helps lift school district’s graduation rate to 82% from 65%
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
The Los Angeles Unified School District has reached a tentative $6.4-million settlement…
New York school district converts 75% of its curriculum to Apple’s iPad
All students in grades 3 through 9 in the affluent Mineola…
What schools must learn from Los Angeles’ iPad fiasco
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
The federal Securities and Exchange Commission recently opened…
Los Angeles schools seeking refund over botched iPad plan
The country’s second-largest school district is taking another step to back away…
Universities banning all watches from exams because of Apple Watch
Multiple universities having begun taking precautions to stop students cheating via Apple Watch…
No, Google Chromebooks did NOT overtake Apple in U.S. education, not even close
Lies, damned lies, and statistics…
Apple pivoting iPad education strategy to regain its footing in face of Google Chromebook surge
News that Google Chromebooks outsold Apple iPads in the U.S. education market…
U.S. FBI seizes L.A. Unified School District iPad documents; 20 boxes carted away in surprise visit
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
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
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
Los Angeles teachers union president Alex Caputo-Pearl on Monday…
L.A. Unified School District suspends Apple iPad contract
L.A. schools Supt. John Deasy suspended future use of a contract with Apple…
Lessons from the Los Angeles School District iPad fiasco
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
Los Angeles school district officials have allowed a group of high schools to choose…
Apple iPads in special education: What does the research say?
Apple iPads are being used in a novel way…
St. Paul Public Schools dump multi-million dollar Dell platform; students to get Apple iPads
The St. Paul district is scrapping a multi-million dollar project…
Why Los Angeles is giving away 651,000 Apple iPads
It’s called the Common Core Technology Project…
Obama seeks broader trade deal authority, changes to immigration laws; announces education partnership with Apple, others
Obama reprised tax, energy and transportation initiatives he has failed to move through Congress…
L.A. school board votes to distribute iPads to 38 more campuses
Board members approved a $115-million proposal…
As U.S. public schools nationwide embrace Apple iPads, many struggle with slow Internet speeds
As public schools nationwide embrace instruction via iPads…
Growing political scandal could threaten iPad and Apple Retail Store Deal
Three ministers resigned Christmas night in the face of corruption allegations…
Rumor: Tim Cook to discuss $4 billion iPad in schools deal with Turkish president
Apple CEO Tim Cook and select executives will reportedly visit Turkey…
iOS 7 upgrade stripped filters from students’ iPads; Apple promises fix this month
A number of schools that have upgraded their iPad deployments to iOS 7 say…
L.A. Unified School District repossesses students’ iPads as $1-billion plan hits hurdles
Los Angeles school officials have taken back iPads from students…
Palestine High School in Texas puts 850 iPads and iPad minis into students hands
Palestine Independent School District’s educational technology department…
Initial 7 ‘Steve JobsSchools’ open in the Netherlands; feature iPad-centric education
The first seven ‘Steve JobsSchools’ officially opened their doors…
The details about the huge 640,000 iPad rollout in Los Angeles schools
Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District will receive 31,000 free iPads…
Apple sharpens focus on education market with iOS 7 improvements
Apple has pulled out all the stops to cater to the education sector in its latest iOS version…
School district allows handful of students to pick Dell Latitude 10 over Apple iPad as official tablet
Recently, several school districts decided to take the plunge…
Los Angeles schools $30 million iPad deal; LAUSD board voted unanimously for Apple because iPad rated the best
A massive roll out of iPad to Los Angeles students across the school district begins this fall…
Illinois school district to give up to 7,000 Apple iPads to students
Between 6,000 and 7,000 Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211…
Apple broke its own education market sales records in 2012
In 2012, Apple broke its own sales records in the education market…
Apple sees schools increasing tablet dominance with iPad in class as ‘iPad mini’ looms
The school system is buying about 25,000 iPads…
Amazon tries to push Kindle into U.S. schools
Amazon.com Inc announced an initiative on Wednesday to get its Kindle…
Some Aussie schools require all students to own Apple iPads
No child will live without an iPad by the year 2013….
