Chatham County (NC) Schools to Loan 1,000 iBooks to High School Teachers

With the objective of putting a laptop in the hands of each and every one of its 7,400 students, Chatham County Schools in North Carolina purchased 1000 iBooks using a $1 million reserve fund. Chatham County is a largely rural county and it wants to level the field for its students with those from large cities in technology and the improvement in education that it brings. More... [Dana Baggett]



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