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Illinois school to distribute 7,000 iPads to students

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 18th, 2013)

One school district in Illinois is adopting the iPad in a new one-on-one program that'll put the fourth-generation version of the tablet into the hands of 7,000 students. According to the Daily Herald, the program will cost Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 up to US$1.43 million for ...

iPads seem to raise classroom math scores in charter school study

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 14th, 2012)

Earlier this year the folks who created the YourTeacher math tutoring and test prep system teamed up with KIPP Academy to gauge how well the iPad performs in the classroom. As noted by Jim Dalrymple of The Loop, the results are overwhelmingly in favor of the iPad. Between February 2012 and ...

San Diego school district purchases 26,000 iPads

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 26th, 2012)

San Diego Unified School District is improving its classroom technology by purchasing 26,000 iPads for use in its schools, according to San Diego's 10News. The iPads will cost the district US$15 million and is funded through Proposition S, a money reserve available to help schools purchase ...

School tech directors expect iPads to increase

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 31st, 2011)

A small survey of 25 education technology directors conducted by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster suggests the iPad may become a staple of the classroom in the next three years. Apple will be pleased as it's the iPad and not Android tablets that are attracting the most attention. All the ...

School district eyes iPads to improve students' math scores

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 11th, 2011)

We've heard of secondary schools and universities swapping out books for iPads before, but now thanks to a pilot program in four middle schools in Las Vegas, we're beginning to see just how helpful iPads can be in an educational setting. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, 1,150 ...

Tennessee school requires iPads of all 4th-12th grade students

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 21st, 2011)

Starting next year, fourth to 12th grade students attending the Webb School in Knoxville, Tennessee will be required to have an iPad for classes. Jim Manikais, technology director at the private school, said this new policy was designed to let students "use that technology whenever they need it." ...

Schools in Singapore issuing iPads to teachers and students

by David Quilty (Jan 17th, 2011)

Reuters is reporting that, at an initial cost of S$135,000 (about US$100,000), a pilot program handing out iPads to 140 students and 10 teachers at Nanyang Girls High School, Tampines Secondary School, Nanhua Primary School and Dunman Secondary School in Singapore aims to replace textbooks and ...