All of LA's 640,000 schoolkids will get iPads by the end of 2014

[liberty2897]

Tax dollars finally doing something worthwhile. Think of the children! NSA: Do those things have cameras and microphones on them? /s

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/26/45...en-la-district

After signing a $30 million iPad deal with Apple in June, the Los Angeles School Board of Education has revealed the full extent of the program that will provide tablets to all students in the district. CiteWorld reports that the first phase of the program will see pupils receive 31,000 iPads this school year, rising to 640,000 Apple tablets by the end of 2014. Apple previously announced that the initiative would include 47 campuses and commence in the fall.

THE DISTRICT'S $30 MILLION WILL ONLY COVER THE FIRST 31,000 IPADS

As part of the deal, Apple will preload iPads with educational resources. Those apps will include the Pearson Common Core System of Courses and Apple's own iWork (Pages, Keynote, and Numbers) and iLife (iMovie, iPhoto, and Garageband) software suites. Apple has previously launched new textbook initiatives and improved its iTunes U program in an attempt to get more schools using iPads. The board will use the $30 million in tax money to fund the first 31,000 devices but will look for additional funding in order to secure the remaining tablets.

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Thanks to roho76 for pointing out that it will cost LA (hopefully just LA) $618,880,000 to purchase these Ipads for 640,000 students. Where will that come from?

[torchbearer]

too bad they won't get an education with that Ipad, but at least they could buy apps from the store.

[Fredom101]

Stolen money never results in anything "good". Hopefully at at least the kids can surf the web and educate themselves with the truth!

[69360]

Yes they have cameras and mics and yes the governement has been caught spying on kids already.

My kids get macs next year at school. I almost want to tell them to tape over the camera.

[torchbearer]

Yes they have cameras and mics and yes the governement has been caught spying on kids already.

My kids get macs next year at school. I almost want to tell them to tape over the camera.

ron paul's homeschool curriculum?

[HOLLYWOOD]

So who from the LASBE is going to get those well paying Apple-.Gov liaison executive jobs down the road. You know it's coming.

Anybody have the LASBE's RFP for the tablets? I'd like to the see all the information.

[oyarde]

Thirty million , what a deal for taxpayers.

[phill4paul]

Yes they have cameras and mics and yes the governement has been caught spying on kids already.

My kids get macs next year at school. I almost want to tell them to tape over the camera.

I do on my laptop.

[TheTexan]

lol $967 per ipad.

[roho76]

lol $967 per ipad.

Multiply that by 640,000. Trust me, you don't want to know the answer.

[EBounding]

I'll bet they never even got pencils from the school.

[jkob]

corporatism in action

[liberty2897]

Multiply that by 640,000. Trust me, you don't want to know the answer.

THE DISTRICT'S $30 MILLION WILL ONLY COVER THE FIRST 31,000 IPADS

I think he arrived at that number by 30e6/31e3 = $967.7 each

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So where is the money for the other 609,000 Ipads coming from?

[Grubb556]

So what happens when people start assaulting school kids to steal the ipads to sell ?

[tod evans]

Isn't Cal. broke?

[roho76]

I think he arrived at that number by 30e6/31e3 = $967.7 each

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So where is the money for the other 609,000 Ipads coming from?

That's what I was saying. If 1 iPad cost's $967 then 640,000 for the entire child population of LA is $618,880,000.00. That's a lot of money. And if we really think about how this usually pans out, I can assure you the next iPads won't be as cheap.

[roho76]

I'll bet they never even got pencils from the school.

Pencils are for people who can write. I can't imagine they teach them how to write in LA Public Schools. In the future essays and school papers will be done via text message. /s

[angelatc]

Coming soon to a pawnshop near you...

[aGameOfThrones]

So what happens when people start assaulting school kids to steal the ipads to sell ?

well, buy more ipads. it's for the children...

[torchbearer]

Coming soon to a pawnshop near you...

used ipad bubble.

[mad cow]

I think he arrived at that number by 30e6/31e3 = $967.7 each

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So where is the money for the other 609,000 Ipads coming from?

Look in the mirror,it's coming from you.

They will take that money from you at gunpoint and They will use those iPads to teach their students to hate Ron Paul's guts and everything he stands for.

End all government involvement in education,Local,State and Federal.

[RealDeal]

In now way do I agree with this, but why doesn't the school board buy the iPads from the apple site. Only $499 each

[Fredom101]

In now way do I agree with this, but why doesn't the school board buy the iPads from the apple site. Only $499 each

Because they're playing with stolen money, so their attitude is "Who the $#@! cares how much we spend?" Leave All Children Behind.

[ClydeCoulter]

In now way do I agree with this, but why doesn't the school board buy the iPads from the apple site. Only $499 each

Because, it's preloaded with free software. uh...

[puppetmaster]

Coming soon to a pawnshop near you...

That's what I was thinking....craigslist etc.....cheap iPads I hope on secondary MKT.

[paulbot24]

Yes they have cameras and mics and yes the governement has been caught spying on kids already.

My kids get macs next year at school. I almost want to tell them to tape over the camera.

Don't hesitate. I'm waiting for a Snowden update on this.

[Carson]

lol $967 per ipad.

It's one thing to work and pay for something at that price. It has a certain value you attach to it.

Pile on free and being a kid I see a problem. Perhaps if problems do arise they shouldn't be transferred to the recipients. After all the gift givers should have some idea of what may come.

To bad the honest mans dollar no longer has any say in such matters. We are totally at the hands of the counterfeiters and their massive criminal organization.

[jbauer]

$30m divided 31000 is $970. Why are they paying over market value?

[torchbearer]

$30m divided 31000 is $970. Why are they paying over market value?

MS Office added?

[pathtofreedom]

The process of turning children into obedient workers and consumers continues.