A Minnesota school district has ended its contract with Dell in favor of Apple

After a contract with Dell failed to live up to expectations, a school district in Minnesota has pulled the plug and turned to Apple devices for their students. The St. Paul school district had sought to roll out a new technology initiative with Dell devices for its schools in the 2014-15 school year, but now won’t see a full iPad program rollout until 2015-16. The move to Apple comes after the school district has already spent upwards of $715,000 on the project and a year of time. Funded by a $9 million a year project proposed in 2012, the idea behind the device program was to extend technology to students in a way that promoted learning and communication. Custom software from Dell would have allowed students to see video lessons, take quizzes and access assignments. Teachers would have a way to contact parents and students after hours, while tracking student progress.