| Empire High School in Vail, located on the edge of | | | | textbooks. The Arizona schools officials wanted to |
| Tucson, is the first in the Arizona schools to be | | | | move teachers away from habitual teaching from |
| all-electronic. Instead of textbooks, the 350 | | | | textbooks, cover-to-cover, and gave area |
| students use wireless, Apple laptop computers to | | | | students the choice to attend Empire or another |
| research, organize their data, write and graph | | | | school.Having researched schools in other states |
| assignments, and create class presentations.The | | | | prior to the all-electronic decision, Arizona schools |
| Arizona schools Empire High is a new school with | | | | officials found students who were clearly more |
| a blank slate. Arizona schools officials could hire | | | | engaged in their studies and unusually enthusiastic |
| new teachers committed to technology-based | | | | about school. |
| teaching and purchase computers instead of | | | | |