Apple Partner in $11 Million EETT Grant to LA County Schools

according to this Business Wire article. The grant is from the Enhancing Education Through Technology program, a part of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The participating districts are ABC Unified, Compton Unified, Downey Unified, East Whittier City, El Rancho Unified, Norwalk/La Mirada Unified, South Whittier, and Whittier City School Districts. The 2-year grant covers 33 middle schools with some 33,000 students. Apple will be expanding 6th-8th grade student access to wireless laptop technology (iBooks and AirPort Base Stations?). [Dana Baggett]