| Curriculum Prompts New Concerns in L.A. iPad Plan |
| Posted by: Susan Einhorn |
| Education officials here tout the new digital curriculum embedded on iPads being distributed to tens of thousands of students as a key piece of their half-billion-dollar effort to transform teaching and learning in the nation’s second-largest district. But the new software from the publishing giant Pearson that has been rolled out in dozens of schools is nowhere near complete, the Los Angeles Unified School District is unable to say how much it costs, and the district will lose access to content updates, software upgrades, and technical support from Pearson after just three years. The situation is prompting a new round of questions about an initiative already under withering scrutiny following a series of logistical and security snags. |
| Source: Education Week (USA) | Published: October 25th, 2013 |
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