L.A. Schools To Give Students Laptops Instead Of iPads

The nation's second-largest school district is switching from tablets to laptops, which students may be more comfortable with.

Last year, the Los Angeles Unified School District pledged to give iPads to 640,000 students. The goal was to help alleviate the burden of having to trot around with a bag full of heavy textbooks, and to push up-to-date technology into the hands of students. In fact, iPad-only classrooms are making headway in countries with strong education systems like the Netherlands.

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