CASE STUDY THE CHALLENGE More than 54,000 students across 125 schools Educators at Boston Public Schools (BPS) teach more than 54,000 students across 125 schools. This includes 74 percent of the school-age children who live in Boston. Nearly one in every two students speaks a language other than English at home, and BPS students hail from 139 different countries. Any investments in educational technology must reflect the challenge of delivering multi-lingual programs and strategies. Financing these initiatives is challenging. Not only do one in five students have a disability that must be accommodated, but half of all BPS students are considered to be economically disadvantaged. Like most educational networks, a portion of federal funding is contingent on remaining in compliance wi

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