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October 23, 2013

PERSPECTIVES

Los Angeles Unified School District – Hack the iPads!

It didn’t take long, but soon after the Los Angeles Unified School District began their rollout of some 650,000 iPads to their students, they ran into some technical issues. Students in at least one of LAUSD’s high schools quickly discovered a way to bypass the security on the devices. Still in Phas…

September 18, 2013

PERSPECTIVES

Los Angeles Unified School District – iPads for Everyone!

Earlier this year, Los Angeles Unified School District announced a $30 Million deal with Apple to distribute iPads to every single one of their estimated 650,000 students. This marks a milestone in public education as the first ever school district to deploy this kind of device to each and every stu…

December 21, 2012

EDUCATION

Celebrating the Gift – Cisco TelePresence connects, engages Los Angeles students

This holiday season, the Urban Entertainment Institute, Cisco and the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) have joined forces to address the achievement gap in education, the dropout rate and the need to keep performing arts in schools by integrating academics, arts and technology to bridge t…