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Ongoing coverage of Guilford County Schools' $30 million PACE grant and the use of digital tablets in the middle schools.

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Mendenhall Middle School eighth-graders, Carly Gates (left to right), Eleanor Weeks and Megan Holt work on an exercise as they attend a special workday Tuesday to learn about their new tablets.

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Guilford school officials pleased with latest tablets

Screens broke on nine of the tablet computers that roughly 300 middle school students tested last month.

There were some software glitches and problems with the onscreen keyboard.

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Amplify, Guilford schools close to $4.8 million deal on tablets

GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools will get almost $4.8 million in tablet computers, services and reimbursements as part of a tentative agreement with vendor Amplify.

On Wednesday, Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green announced the agreement, which extends the school system’s contract with Amplify for an extra year at no additional cost. It also resolves many of the concerns that led officials to pull the devices from schools and return them to Amplify last fall.

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Update: Guilford won't get new tablet computers this school year

Updated 11 p.m.

GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools’ highly anticipated initiative to put tablet computers in middle school students’ hands is on hold for the rest of the school year.

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New tablets for Guilford schools on uncertain timetable

GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools leaders aren’t likely to get tablet computers back into the hands of middle school students before the end of the semester.

Before the new semester starts in late January also looks increasingly unlikely. And the process could take even longer if Guilford officials reject an offer from Amplify, the Brooklyn-based tablet vendor, to replace the devices that were pulled from the district earlier this year because of safety concerns.

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Melting tablet chargers not its fault, manufacturer Asus says

GREENSBORO — It’s still not known why almost a dozen tablet computer chargers partially melted while in use at local students’ homes.

But Asus, the tablet manufacturer, says the problems are not its fault.

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Guilford County Schools’ tablet contract revisited

Emails: Tablets worried trainers

Problems with tablet computers that Guilford County Schools leased from a Brooklyn-based vendor go beyond broken screens and faulty chargers.

They include software glitches, faulty applications and poor-quality accessories, according to emails the News & Record obtained through an open records request.

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East Cary Middle didn't experience Amplify problems

CARY — East Cary Middle School did not experience problems with malfunctioning chargers for Amplify computer tablets that have been reported in the Guilford County school system, according to East Cary’s principal.

Last spring, East Cary Middle began a months-long pilot program in which almost 300 sixth-graders got mini-computers they could take home and bring to class. The program ended about a month ago.

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Guilford sending tablets back

GREENSBORO  — Guilford County Schools officials have begun shipping thousands of Amplify tablet computers back to the vendor, almost a month after locking the devices away for safety reasons.

It could take two to three weeks, said Nora Carr, the district’s chief of staff. Officials are shipping back the tablets from two schools at a time, she said.

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Amplify: Same tablets 'not an option'

GREENSBORO — The new tablet computers and accessories Amplify will give Guilford County Schools will not be the same model as those the district stopped using out of safety concerns.

“That model is not an option we’re considering,” Justin Hamilton, a spokesman for the Brooklyn-based education technology company, said Friday. “We’re still working through what the most viable replacement option is and hope to have more clarity on that soon.”

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Amplify offers Guilford County Schools new tablets

GREENSBORO — Amplify has offered to replace more than 15,000 tablets for Guilford County Schools with new devices.

Amplify CEO Joel Klein made the offer in a letter sent Thursday to Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green.

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Guilford schools struggle to collect all tablets

GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools officials are still trying to collect about 300 tablet computers two weeks after suspending their use for safety reasons.

They have called parents and used automated calls to try to recover the remaining tablets. They’ve also held conferences with students in hopes of getting the tablets back, Chief of Staff Nora Carr said in an email.

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Amplify aided bid request, emails show

GREENSBORO — Before landing a $16.4 million contract to lease tablet computers to Guilford County Schools, Amplify executives helped shape the district’s bid request.

That’s a move at least one expert said he skips to avoid the appearance of favoritism.

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Guilford Schools tablets: did district get its money's worth?

GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools wanted to connect its students to the latest technology.

Instead, it got product delays. Poor quality cases. Broken screens. Melted chargers.

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2 more tablet chargers partially melt

GREENSBORO — Two more students have reported that the chargers for their Amplify tablets have partially melted, district officials said Tuesday night.

The district halted its technology program last week after the report of a charger partially melting while in use overnight. Officials have been collecting the tablets from students.

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Guilford schools put tablets on pause

Updated 11:40 p.m. Friday

GREENSBORO — A malfunctioning charger triggered the decision Friday to suspend the use of 15,000 computer tablets at Guilford County middle schools in a setback for the district’s $30 million Race To the Top experiment in digital learning.

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Guilford school district's tablet woes raise questions

GREENSBORO — After pulling the plug on a highly anticipated and expensive tablet computer project last week, Guilford County Schools officials have more questions than answers.

What caused a student’s tablet charger to overheat and partially melt?

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Critic of tablets feels vindicated

GREENSBORO — David Colin sent an email earlier this week that read, “I surrender.”

The retired engineer is an outspoken critic of the tablet computers that Guilford County Schools began giving to students this year, and has expressed concerns about the safety and durability of the devices.

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Guilford schools gets extra $5 million in federal money

GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools will get an extra $5.2 million in federal Race to the Top money this year to pay for academic and outreach programs.

The district announced today that it will get the money from the U.S. Department of Education to expand its parent academy and a new initiative for black male students and add online classes for middle school students.

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Board wants digital tablets in more Guilford County schools

GREENSBORO —

This week, Guilford County Schools encountered its first roadblock — the Board of Education — in implementing a $30 million “personalized learning” initiative in the middle schools.

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Schools’ tablet contract revisited

GREENSBORO —

School board members don’t believe Amplify Education had an unfair advantage in landing a major contract worth millions of dollars with Guilford County Schools.

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An update on the Amplify tablet contract

A couple weeks ago, I tried to determine whether the awarding of a major contract to Amplify Education had anything to do with Superintendent Maurice “Mo” Green’s connection to Peter Gorman, former superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Although some Board of Education members were surprised (and a little concerned) to hear about that connection, no one believed that the company had an unfair advantage in getting the contract for the digital tablets middle school students will start using next year.

In late April I requested a few months’ worth of district emails that included Amplify Education and Peter Gorman as subject matter, sender or receiver. I also requested the scoring sheets for the vendors that responded to the district’s request for qualifications. (I did get a summary scoring sheet, but not the notes of each project team member. I was told that some of those notes had been thrown away.)

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Guilford middle schoolers to get tablets

Guilford County middle school classrooms will go high-tech this fall by putting tablet computers in the hands of middle schoolers. The devices are part of the district’s Personalized Achievement, Curriculum and Environment (PACE) Project, which is funded by a $30 million-dollar Race to the Top district grant from the United States Department of Education.

“We want students to be exposed to cutting-edge technology, but it’s about more than just getting technology into the hands of kids,” says Jake Henry, executive director of the PACE Project. “We want to rethink the way we’re teaching our students.”

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Guilford County Schools tablets - boot camp update

About 425 students were at Mendenhall Middle School this afternoon learning about the new tablets they will use this fall.

About 60 parents were also at the school learning about the tablets, too.

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Parents attend boot camp on Amplify tablets

About 60 parents attended a boot camp at Mendenhall Middle School, where they learned about a district initiative that involves distributing Amplify tablets to students.

By Marquita Brown\ News & Record

Guilford County schools’ tablet program on track

GREENSBORO — The rollout of a multimillion-dollar pilot program putting tablets in the hands of students is getting high interest from parents and also experiencing some minor hiccups.

This year, 18 Guilford County middle schools will use tablets purchased for a personalized learning initiative.

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Update: Guilford students, parents try out new tablets

Updated: 10:41 p.m.

GREENSBORO — Swiping his finger across the screen of an electronic tablet, Nick Kiser described applications he and other students will use this fall.

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Glitches arise in Guilford County Schools' tablets

Greensboro — About 5 percent of the tablets leased for some Guilford County middle schools are unable to connect wirelessly to the Internet.

Of the roughly 15,000 tablets rolled out in 18 middle schools, about 750 devices cannot connect to the Internet, said Jake Henry, executive director of instructional technology and innovation for Guilford County Schools.

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Guilford middle schools' Amplify tablets draw notice

The Guilford County Schools and, more precisely, the new computer tablets that it has given to most middle-schoolers are the focus of an article in the latest New York Times Magazine out Sunday.

Guilford County Schools has paid for the tablets with a $30 million Race to the Top grant from the federal government. They are sold by the Amplify subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., and the Guilford district is the company's first paying customer.

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Guilford schools loaning parents tablets

GREENSBORO — When LaJuanya Green wants to see how much her daughter Alexis is participating in class, she doesn’t have to sit in the room or wait for a conference with the girl’s teacher.

Instead, Greem scrolls through dialogue from that class, which includes the teacher asking a question and students responding.

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More on Guilford Schools' Amplify tablets

My blog post of yesterday prompted an email exchange today with Justin Hamilton, senior vice president of communications for Amplify, the company whose computer tablets Guilford County Schools has given this year to most middle-schoolers. Hamilton previously was press secretary for U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose department awarded the $30 million Race to the Top grant that made the Guilford district's tablet project possible.

Because it's long, I'll publish most of the exchange here rather than add it to yesterday's post.

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Megan Putnam, a Personalized Learning Environment Facilitator for Guilford County Schools, excitedly reacts to a question from a teacher with a smile and flying hair as she trains teachers and other school-based staff on using new Amplify tablet computers at Hairston Middle School.

JERRY WOLFORD/News & Record

Guilford district wins $30 million federal grant

GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools has won a $30 million grant through the federal Race to the Top District program.

The school district is one of 16 national grant winners. It’s the largest federal grant the district has received.

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Megan Putnam, a Personalized Learning Environment Facilitator for Guilford County Schools, trains teachers and other school-based staff on using new Amplify tablet computers at Hairston Middle School on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Greensboro.

JERRY WOLFORD/News & Record

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Donte Robinson, and his fellow Guilford County teachers and other school-based staff, are trained on using new Amplify tablet computers at Hairston Middle School.

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Mendenhall Middle School eighth-graders watch a video on using their new tablets on Tuesday.

LYNN HEY/ News & Record

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Tablet issues included in tonight's State of Schools report

GREENSBORO — Good things happened in Guilford County Schools last year: The graduation rate climbed, SAT scores improved, people donated money to help support student programs.

But one ambitious program — using Amplify computer tablets to help educate middle school students — faltered.

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Greensboro — This time around, Guilford County Schools plans to test drive Amplify’s tablets before putting them in every middle school.

The new tablets, which replace about 15,000 devices returned to Amplify last year for safety reasons, will get a limited test at some schools this spring before being rolled out to all the schools next school year. The district didn’t do that last time.

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Guilford school board OKs Amplify contract

GREENSBORO — Guilford County Schools has a new contract with Amplify.

The Guilford County Board of Education voted 10-1 Thursday night to approve the contract. The district last month reached a tentative agreement with Amplify, a Brooklyn-based education technology company.

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Three Guilford schools chosen to test-drive new tablets

GREENSBORO — Three schools will test the new Amplify tablet computers in May before Guilford County Schools expands the program next fall.

The Guilford County Board of Education voted 10-1 Thursday to approve a new contract with Brooklyn-based Amplify after suspending the tablet program in October because of safety and quality concerns.

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Guilford teachers begin training on new tablets

GREENSBORO — Middle school teachers are back in the classroom for training related to Guilford County Schools’ new tablet computers.

Teachers had similar training last year, when the district first started using tablets from Brooklyn-based vendor Amplify.

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Revised Amplify tablets pass UL certification, letter shows

The new Amplify computer tablets passed UL certification, according to a letter that members of the Guilford County Board of Education received Tuesday.

The letter, from Stephen Smyth, the president of Amplify Access, confirmed UL certification of the tablets that middle school students will use this fall as well as their components. UL is an independent, not-for-profit product safety testing and certification company.

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Parents of Guilford students who abuse tablets could pay $35

Middle school students who repeatedly damage or break their school-issued tablet computers will temporarily lose the privilege to take the devices home.

Their parents would also eventually get charged a fee, according to a new procedure Guilford County Schools is adopting.

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