The assignment for Kathryn Perrotta’s fourth-graders was to learn about density by building a “neutral buoyancy” contraption ...

The center was able to purchase six iPads and one desktop iMac for the kindergarten classroom with help from a $5,000 grant from Dan Rosica, a board member of the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund.

Meanwhile, the Virginia Department of Education is implementing a $150,000 iPad initiative at 11 schools, while Chicago public schools applied for $450,000 worth of 23 district-financed iPad grants.