<div dir="ltr">I've been following this on Audrey Watters' blog (Hackeducation). It seems that heads will roll and possibly prosecutions for malfeasance and corruption will follow. Sounds familiar? Anyone who's read the Auditor-General's report on the Ultranet will recognize the same sorry scenario. Never get between a consultant and a bucket of money - apologies to Paul Keating.<div><br></div><div>Laurie</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Laurie Savage</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 May 2015 at 13:56, Mark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@vceit.com" target="_blank">mark@vceit.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>"WHEN LOS ANGELES schools began handing out iPads in the fall of 2013, it looked like one of the country’s most ambitious rollouts of technology in the classroom. The city’s school district planned to spend $1.3 billion putting iPads, preloaded with the Pearson curriculum, in the hands of every student in every school.<br></div><div><br></div><div>"Less than two years later, that ambitious plan now looks like a spectacularly foolish one. In August, the Los Angeles Unified School District halted its contract with Apple, as rumors swirled that Apple and Pearson may have received preferential treatment in the district’s procurement process, something the FBI is investigating. Then, this spring, the district sent a letter to Apple seeking a refund, citing crippling technical issues with the Pearson platform and incomplete curriculum that made it nearly impossible for teachers to teach. If a deal can’t be reached, the district could take legal action...</div><div><br></div><div>"But while the the parties involved continue pointing the finger and picking up the pieces, the important question to ask now is what this fiasco means for the future of technology in the classroom. If one of the country’s largest school districts, one of the world’s largest tech companies, and one of the most established brands in education can’t make it work, can anyone?"</div><div><br></div><div>Read more at <a href="http://www.wired.com/2015/05/los-angeles-edtech/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/2015/05/los-angeles-edtech/</a></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><br></i></div><div><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">Real_men_don't_need_spacebars.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mark Kelly</div><div>mark AT vceit DOT com</div><div><a href="http://vceit.com" target="_blank">http://vceit.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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