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Apple Stores accepting old iPad donations for Teach for America

Apple has begun accepting old iPad donations in order to pass them onto Teach …

Apple has begun promoting Teach for America on its retail site
Apple has begun promoting Teach for America on its retail site

Do you own an original iPad that you no longer need (pfft, original iPads are so 2010), but have no plans to resell? Apple may have a solution for you: the company has begun promoting a new donation program that will put old iPads to good use through the Teach for America program.

Teach for America takes well-trained teachers—referred to as "corps members"—and places them in one of 39 urban and rural regions across the country that are identified as low-income. The volunteers agree to teach in those areas for two years with the goal of providing a higher-quality education to low-income students. And, according to Teach for America's website, recent research shows that its corps members are "more effective than other teachers, including certified and veteran teachers."

Under Apple's program, iPad owners can take their unwanted devices to an Apple retail store for donation. Retail employees will give the iPads to Teach for America, which subsequently will distribute them to the appropriate corps members for use in the classroom. As noted by MacNN, Teach for America is a 501(c)(3) corporation, so if you need an extra incentive to donate your iPad, the donation may even be tax deductible.

Channel Ars Technica