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Borders Bankruptcy leaves Calif. town holding the lease

March 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment · opinion

Pico Rivera, California, is a symbol of much of what went with Borders. It’s a suburb of LA, and it has a population of around 65 thousand. Eight years ago this small town convinced Borders to open a store in its shopping center by making a simple promise. The town would pay about a third [...]

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4 Calif. school districts launch iPad pilot program

September 8th, 2010 · 5 Comments · digital textbooks

From THE Journal: Education publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has launched a new algebra curriculum delivery system for Apple’s iPad. Dubbed “Fuse,” the system is being piloted for a one-year period in middle schools in four California school districts. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said the Fuse: Holt McDougal Algebra 1 app is the first full-year algebra curriculum [...]

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