Earlier this year, the Los Angeles School District—the second laregest school district in the country—decided to spend $1 billion to give each of its students an iPad (650,000 in all) that would be restricted to educational sites. The full-blown program would be completely implemented by next year.

At some schools that already have received the iPads, students have cracked the district’s security measures and spent much of their class time perusing Facebook and playing games.

“They kind of should have known this would happen,” said Maria Aguilera, a student at a Los Angeles high school. “We’re high school students after all. I mean, come on.” (Yahoo)

Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife Wendy and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.