<div dir="ltr"><div><div>A large-scale ($1.3 billion budget for iPads, pearson software, wifi infrastructure, target 650K students) education ICT project started in 2013 and meant to eliminate the digital divide which has gone awry. The superintendent resigned and is under FBI and SEC investigation for corrupt bidding process, although the board stated they did not believe there was wrongdoing, only mismanagement.<br><br></div>Only 5% of the students (in 2 of the 69 schools) are able to use the Pearson software on an iPad.<br><br></div>Interestingly, it seems many of the problems were related to wifi/networking infrastructure (see last link for gory details).<br><div><div><div><br>Sean.<br><br><a href="http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/15/51027/lausd-ipad-program-ditching-pearson-software-reque/" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ipad-curriculum-refund-20150415-story.html</a><br><a href="http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/15/51027/lausd-ipad-program-ditching-pearson-software-reque/">http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/04/15/51027/lausd-ipad-program-ditching-pearson-software-reque/</a><br><a href="http://www.laweekly.com/news/lausd-chief-john-deasy-resigns-5152268" target="_blank">http://www.laweekly.com/news/lausd-chief-john-deasy-resigns-5152268</a><br><a href="http://www.pearsoned.com/news/pearson-lausd-statement/" target="_blank">http://www.pearsoned.com/news/pearson-lausd-statement/</a><br><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/27/343549939/the-l-a-school-ipad-scandal-what-you-need-to-know">http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/27/343549939/the-l-a-school-ipad-scandal-what-you-need-to-know</a><br><a href="http://laschoolreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Instructional-Technology-Initative-Pearson-Update.pdf">http://laschoolreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Instructional-Technology-Initative-Pearson-Update.pdf</a><br><br></div></div></div></div>