Joel Klein’s educational tablet company makes big sale in North Carolina
Wave of the future, or cover for fewer teachers?
Former New York City School Chancellor Joel Klein, currently the CEO of Amplify, said this week that his company has sold 21,215 electronic learning tablets to middle schools in Guilford County, North Carolina.
Wireless/ Amplify is a division of News Corp, the media conglomerate headed by Rupert Murdock, publisher of the New York Post. According to NPR, Murdoch has described education as a market worth “hundreds of billions of dollars.”
Students and teachers in 24 middle schools will start using the tablets this September. The deal is for four years, and the tablets will be largely paid for through federal Race to the Top funds, the company said.
According to Amplify, the devices, which run on Android, are an “all-in-one” classroom solution which will allow children to learn at their own pace and simplify classroom administration and lesson planning.