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Friday, August 29, 2014

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-29-14

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit:







PadGate: OFFICIALS ON BID COMMITTEE GOT FREE TABLETS, RESORT TRIPS + smf’s 2¢
Annie Gilbertson | 89.3 KPCC | http://bit.ly/1qcmZpz L.A. Unified has already purchased 75,000 iPads, half with Pearson software. Here, second graders at Baldwin Hills Elementary swipe through their iPads for the first time and call out the apps they see. Maya Sugarman/KPCC August 29, 05:00 AM  ::  Los Angeles Unified officials who evaluated bids for its massive technology project

MiSiS: 45,000 STUDENTS MISSING FROM LOS ANGELES UNIFIED’S NEW TRACKING SYSTEM
Thomas Himes | Contra Costa Times (LAUSD might as well amuse Northern California too!) | http://bit.ly/1qOB7Fy Posted:   08/29/2014 02:06:56 PM PDT  ::  In the third week of school, an estimated 45,000 students were missing from the Los Angeles Unified School District’s new computer system, according to a union that represents principals and administrators. Those students were not listed in

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit 8-28-14
4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: iPadGate: ARE JOHN DEASY’S DAYS NUMBERED? They should be after cozy iPad dealOpinion By Ted Rall, LA Times Editorial Cartoonist | http://lat.ms/1wI7HOh Aug  27, 3:38 PM  ::  It sounded like a great idea at the time: L.A. would give students a boost into the 21st century by putting tech directly into their hands. The Los Angeles Unified School District w