[school-discuss] math/science Linux desktop

[Daniel Howard <dhhoward@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm meeting monday with an Atlanta High School principal that wants to 
use Open Source applications in his school.  He's familiar with the 
K12LTSP program that Atlanta Public Schools rolled out to 7 schools last 
year (he was formerly the principal of a middle school that was in the 
pilot) and APS apparently has 35 more elementary and middle schools 
lined up for it.  So he's a big fan of OSS now.  But high schools are 
different creatures, and there are lots of reasons why selected classes 
(like math and science) need stand alone desktops for CPU intensive 
processing.

I'm wondering if there is a Linux package that is geared towards 
math/science like K12LTSP is to general education.  Something that 
installs with FreeMat, Octave, SciLab, etc. built into it.  Anyone seen 
anything like that?

Daniel

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Daniel Howard
President and CEO
Georgia Open Source Education Foundation