[quote]…The push for tablets came from schools Supt. John Deasy, who made it his goal to close the technology gap for the overwhelming majority of low-income district students. He expects to pay for the tablets with school construction bonds, a controversial source because they are repaid over decades. Such bonds typically are used to build and modernize campuses.[/quote]
Never mind that to provide iPads for every teacher and every student at $678/piece as quoted in the article is really a $480 Million dollar commitment.[/quote]
They’ve done this locally, as well. Not sure which funding mechanism they’ve used, though.
