GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — The Greenwood School District will spend a $25,000 dropout prevention grant for iPads for the classrooms at Greenwood Middle School.
Interim schools superintendent Jennifer Wilson tells the Greenwood Commonwealth (http://bit.ly/13f7fsa ) the middle school will be part of a program that implements the technology to enhance learning.
Wilson says having iPads in the classrooms will make learning more hands-on, engaging and real-world relevant. She says that should keep more students in school.
At the start of the school year, Wilson says the district's dropout rate was 21 percent, down from 39 percent in 2010.
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