Posted on 07/04/2013 12:23:31 AM PDT by dennisw
Though Microsoft has been making a strong push to disrupt Apple's foothold in the education market by offering K–12 schools its Surface tablets at the low price of $199, its pricing incentives didn't have an effect on the Los Angeles Unified School District, reports AllThingsD.
On Tuesday night, the school board voted to spend $30 million dollars on Apple iPads, which will see the company equipping every student in 47 of the district's schools with a tablet.
The deal, which was approved in a 6–0 vote by the district's school board, will see Apple supplying about 35,000 iPads to 47 LAUSD schools at a cost of about $678 per device. That's higher than retail, but I'm told the devices are to be preloaded with an assortment of educational software prior to distribution — an additional expense. They also come with a three-year warranty.
According to the LA Times, the district did test runs with multiple devices and the iPad "received the highest scoring by the students and the teachers." Winning a contract with the Los Angeles Unified School District is a major boon for Apple, as the district is the second largest school system in the United States and could influence other districts to follow in its footsteps.
Apple has long had a heavy focus on the educational market, which ramped up with the introduction of the iPad in 2010. Apple offers discounts across its product lineup for students and earlier this year, it was reported that the company had sold more than 8 million iPads to educational institutions around the world.
In February, Apple also met with the Turkish President to further discuss another huge educational deal that would see the country purchasing more than $4.5 billion worth of Apple products.
Yes. My wife endured her last year of teaching in the madness of iPad "learning". Every kid had their own supplied by the school and took them home. Many lost, stolen or otherwise migrated back to Mexico.
That was in Texas, btw.
$857.14 EACH!
Apple HAS to be a cult in order to ask and get that much for a mini-puter.
Good grief!
Winning a contract = Bribe
off course!!! With bribe deposited in convenient Hispanic nation like Mexico or Panama beyond detection by the American law. Panama has large offshore banking sector
We had a Jamaican American crooked hack politician...he had his bribes deposited in a Jamaican bank
California is one big Cook county.par
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