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LAUSD may try again to give an iPad or computer to every student
Second grade teacher Jacqueline Porter-Morris shows students how to take a picture for their iPad wallpaper for the first time on Friday, Nov. 15. Baldwin Hills is the final school to receive iPads as part of LAUSD's pilot program.
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LAUSD may try again to give an iPad or computer to every student
iPads are still a touchy subject in the Los Angeles Unified School District, even four years after district leaders canceled a $1.3 billion plan to put an iPad in the hands of every student. Now, district officials are ready to try that idea again, floating a new, cheaper plan to outfit each student with a device. Officials say they've learned from the mistakes of the past. But on Thursday, their new plan hit a speed bump.
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