Harriet Taylor | Vox Our world has too much noise and too little context. Vox helps you understand what matters. 2019-03-06T10:38:42+00:00 https://www.vox.com/authors/harriet-taylor/rss https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/vox_logo_rss_light_mode.png?w=150&h=100&crop=1 Harriet Taylor <![CDATA[Google’s Chromebooks Make Up Half of U.S. Classroom Devices]]> https://www.vox.com/2015/12/3/11621142/googles-chromebooks-make-up-half-of-u-s-classroom-devices 2019-03-06T05:38:42-05:00 2015-12-03T11:37:53-05:00

Google, Microsoft and Apple have been competing for years in the very lucrative education technology market. For the first time, Google has taken a huge lead over its rivals.

Chromebooks now make up more than half of all devices in U.S. classrooms, up from less than 1 percent in 2012, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting. To analysts, this comes as a big surprise.

“While it was clear that Chromebooks had made progress in education, this news is, frankly, shocking,” said Forrester analyst J.P. Gownder. “Chromebooks made incredibly quick inroads in just a couple of years, leaping over Microsoft and Apple with seeming ease.

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