Private School Requires iPads

All students in grades 4-12 will need Apple tablet
By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 21, 2011 6:01 PM CST
Private School Requires iPads
File photo of Ben Clark, 10, learning to play Silent Night on an iPad using the Magic Fiddle app at the Apple Store in Palo Alto.   (AP Photo/Apple Inc., Court Mast)

A private school in Knoxville, Tennessee, is adding an unusual requirement to students' back-to-school gear starting next year: an iPad. The Webb School will mandate that all kids in grades 4 through 12 either buy or lease (from the school, for $200 a year) one of Apple's tablets, notes Fast Company via KPLC-TV. Eventually, the school hopes the devices will be so fully integrated that it can phase out textbooks.
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