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Interesting read - can a formerly popular non-profit teaching show thrive as a for-profit app and subscription service based solely on name recognition and a Kickstarter? And if it does will it be any good?

NEW YORK -- Los Angeles' school system, the second largest in the United States, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks.

"People write both negative and positive versions...The positive versions celebrate the future network of connectedness, predicting a generation with an increased sense of sharing and community."

"Play is more than just fun"

Since the year 2000, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has made the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) available to countries around the world. In 2012, 65 countries participated in the once every three year cycle of PISA. Each three year cycle emphasizes one of three content areas - Math, Science and Reading.

"Creativity is play within a system of rules, and you can only play with the rules once you understand the systems."

"It's actually a lot more powerful than we tend to think it is, because kids tend to value other kids' feedback a bit more than their parents', teachers.'"