QLD: LNP promises iPads for special ed students

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published November 21, 2011

iPad2 BRISBANE - Queensland's special education students would be gifted iPads or similar tablets under a Liberal National Party (LNP) government, party ...

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