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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Failing Los Angeles school district approves
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Failing Los Angeles school district approves sweetheart deal with Apple for student iPads
"LAUSD Under Scrutiny For $30M iPad Purchase For Students"
http://j.mp/11onD7q (CBS)
"The plan was approved Tuesday by the Board of Education, who are using
funds from a 2008 voter-approved bond issue to upgrade school
technology. Before the vote, United Teachers Los Angeles President
Warren Fletcher asked board members to delay their decision. The
expenditure has struck a nerve with the teachers union who, after
having undergone major layoffs and imposed furloughs, claim the funds
would be better spent on rehiring staff members. Even Apple's
competitor was on hand to criticize the move."
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Given the LAUSD's continuing failure at even basic education,
facilities, and so much more, this expenditure at this time -- when so
many students can't even get lunch and vast numbers of teachers are
furloughed -- is extraordinarily eyebrow-raising, as is the sweetheart
deal with Apple and the publishing firm. Follow the money! By the way,
in other school systems that have tried this, the number of broken
iPads and associated wasted funds has been extraordinary.
--Lauren--
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