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California task force recommends device for every student, teacher

By David Stegon · Tuesday, April 22, 2014 · 11:02 am

The Education Technology Task force, which was created in 2012 by Tom Torlakson, California’s state superintendent for public instruction, listed this recommendation along with 18 others in a 49-page report delivered Monday.

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Brooks Raiford, president and CEO of the North Carolina Technology Association, discusses the state of technology in North Carolina and how it is currently, among other things, a boom for cyber security companies in the Tar Heel State in this interview with StateScoop Radio.

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California task force recommends device for every student, teacher

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