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K-12 News Network | LAUSD: Deasy’s iPads for All, At What Cost?

K-12 News Network | LAUSD: Deasy’s iPads for All, At What Cost?:

LAUSD: Deasy’s iPads for All, At What Cost?

Warning….coming soon to a school district near you:  iPads for all – paid for by voter approved construction bonds!!!!
Yes, it’s true and it’s happening right now in Los Angeles.    Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy decided that all students should be given their own iPad.
No matter that in January, 2012,  he announced in an Apple commercial that “we had decided to adopt iPad technology as we were trying to provide ways for increasing student engagement.”
No matter that the iPads’ main use will be to facilitate standardized tests.
No matter that this announcement preceded by a year a vote for approval by the board of education
No matter that the final choice of a tablet was Apple’s iPad.
No matter that the final