Arizona school ditches texts for laptops

By Marc Perton

An Arizona high school is set to become one of the first
ebook-only schools, as it preps to hand out laptops to 350 students this fall. The cost for the laptops at Vail
High School will be about $850 per student, compared to about $600 for textbooks. The school plans to supplement
electronic versions of traditional textbooks with online articles assigned by teachers. Meanwhile, we assume the
students are already planning for in-class LAN parties over the school's WiFi network. (Oh, and that's Vail,
Arizona, not Colorado, so don't even think about moving there if your plans are to get a free lappie
and hit the slopes.)

[Thanks, Kevin]

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