An Update on LA's iPad Program

In 2014, the largest school technology expansion in the country stalled in the Los Angeles Unified School District. It became a magnet for controversy and was a factor in the resignation of Superintendent John Deasy in October.

The iPads arrived in schools before Wi-Fi, officials didn't include keyboards with the tablets, and students found ways to bypass online protection software and access Facebook and Twitter. In December, in a surprising move, the FBI seized 20 boxes of documents related to a $500 million iPad contract with Apple and Pearson, the company that provided the software loaded on many of the iPads. The investigation is housed in the agency's office of public corruption.