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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 1-15-14

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UNREPORTED IN LAUSD BOARD MTG COVERAGE: Apple DOES NOT permit Pearson to present iPad curriculum content to Board of Ed.
by smf 15 Jan 2014  ::  The media has a hard time covering multiple stories. Last night the Board of Ed:  OKed Deasy's controversial iPad Phase 2 – green lighting the purchase of up to 100,000 additional iPads  Voted to approve a plan to appoint a caretaker for Ms. LaMotte's vacant seat. Got the news that the Phase 2 LAUSD iPads would be the new IPad Air model at the same price as

LAUSD SCHOOL BOARD IGNORES BOND COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS; GIVES SUPERITENDENT ALL THE iPADS HE THINKS HE NEEDS WHENEVER HE THINKS HE NEEDS THEM
Boardmembers Galatzan and Zimmer work out an amendment “…to just leave it up to the superintendent”. L.A. school board moves forward with computer effort The board votes to distribute iPads to 38 more campuses, start purchasing laptops for seven high schools and buy as many tablets as needed for state testing. By Howard Blume | LA Times |
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4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: L.A. UNIFIED SURVEYS PRICES OTHERS PAY FOR iPADS, SIMILAR DEVICESBy Howard Blume. Los Angeles Times | http://lat.ms/1awjkeF In Perris, Pinacate Middle School students Raul Curil, 13 and Marco Fuentes, 12, in Mark Synnott's journalism class, work on Chromebook devices producing their electronic newspaper, the Puma Press. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Tim