L.A. cancels iPads-in-the-schools program: a failure of vision, not technology<article>
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When Apple landed a
$30 million iPad contract with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) in 2013, it was heralded as a big win for the company—after all, LAUSD is the second-largest school district in the country. But the deal apparently didn’t earn straight As: Earlier this week, the district announced it was canceling its contract with the iPad maker.</p><p>
According to the L.A. Times, the reason behind the cancelation was at least partially political, as “the superintendent and his top deputy had especially close ties to executives of Apple, maker of the iPad, and Pearson, the company that is providing the curriculum on the devices.” But an LAUSD report also found “major problems with the process and the implementation.”</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2599988/lausd-ipad-cancellation-is-a-failure-of-vision-not-technology.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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L.A. cancels iPads-in-the-schools program: a failure of vision, not technology
