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The LAUSD's iPad Debacle Drags On With Refund Demand
The Los Angeles Unified School District has an iPad -- or 43,000 -- it would like to sell you. Lawyers for the district have fired off a letter to Apple saying they’re not happy with the product and demanding a refund .
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe Los Angeles Unified School District has an iPad -- or 43,000 -- it would like to sell you. Lawyers for the district have fired off a letter to Apple saying they’re not happy with the product and demanding a refund. School officials say the curriculum on the iPads, made by the education company Pearson, is glitchy and students don’t like the content. Most teachers who were given the iPads have stopped trying to use Pearson’s app. The iPad debacle lead to the end of John Deasy’s tenure as superintendent, and the FBI is investigating possible fraud in the bidding process. So who’s to blame here, and does the LAUSD deserve a refund?
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Jolie Myers
Managing Producer, 'Press Play'
Matt Holzman
Producer, 'The Document'
Anna Scott
Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter
Steve Zimmer
LA Unified School District; candidate for School Board District 4 seat
Howard Blume
education reporter for the Los Angeles Times
The full episode
1 of 5LAUSD Wants an iPad Refund, Etsy Goes Public, and Farmers Discuss Drought- 0:00The LAUSD's iPad Debacle Drags On With Refund DemandYou’re reading this
- 10:09Etsy Going Public
- 18:21Web Roundup: Hillary Clinton’s Meme and More
- 27:30Farmers Feel the Hardship of Drought
- 41:21Down To a Single Delta Smelt