![](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8pfCozXw2N8/default.jpg "Oprah Winfrey may be gone from the live airwaves (for now, at least), but the administration of the Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School is pleased to take a page from her playbook. All middle school students were gathered for what they assumed would be a routine assembly. Instead they were surprised with the announcement that "Everybody gets an iPad!" Teachers rolled carts filled with more than 200 iPads down the aisles and distributed them to the surprised students. For the year, students will be able to use these iPads both in school and at home.")
Published
May 06, 2013
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