Maine iBook Program Model as Massachusetts Seeks Similar Program

MA's Gov. Mitt Romney wants to replicate the successful iBook-based technology learning program instituted in Maine three years ago. But he wants to make MA's bigger and grander than ME's. MA Gov. Romney want to equip every student 6-12th grade with a laptop, one that they own. To do so, he's actually looking at the $100 laptop invented at MIT that would run off Linux but who knows if that will be successful. More... [Dana Baggett]