Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Silverado High School freshman Catherine Rodriguez, 14, receives a new iPad 2 as her 43-year-old mother Mary Young watches on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. The Clark County School District launched a pilot program using an iPad application to teach algebra to students at four schools during the 2011-12 school year. There will be 1,150 students using the algebra application on the iPad, developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The iPads with software cost the School District $790,050.

Paul Takahashi

Silverado High School freshman Catherine Rodriguez, 14, receives a new iPad 2 as her 43-year-old mother Mary Young watches on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011. The Clark County School District launched a pilot program using an iPad application to teach algebra to students at four schools during the 2011-12 school year. There will be 1,150 students using the algebra application on the iPad, developed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The iPads with software cost the School District $790,050.