Announced during Apple's education-centric 'Field Trip' event, the special $299 pricing will be available to schools that qualify for institutional prices. Individuals qualifying as educational customers will also be able to acquire the at a reduced cost, rather than $299. The current for institutional educational customers was last updated on January 25, 2018, so the listings are for the 2017 iPad model, but still list the 32-gigabyte model 9.7-inch iPads at $299 each. Pricing for the 128-gigabyte version of the new iPad for schools has yet to be confirmed, but the price list indicates last year's model can be bought for $399, a likely price for the new version with the same capacity priced for consumers at $429. Educational customers also benefit from a discount on the Apple Pencil. Normally sold to consumers for $99 each, both individual education customers and institutions can acquire the stylus for $89. Bought together, the cheapest new iPad model and the Apple Pencil will cost schools approximately $388 to supply to each student in a class.
By comparison, the cheapest iPad Pro with Apple Pencil costs a combined $688, making the pairing of the new iPad and Apple Pencil close to half the price. The new iPad wasn't the only announcement made during the 'Field Trip' event aimed at improving education. A new tool in the Pages app will help students incorporate photos, videos, illustrations, and annotations directly into books. The will allow educators to provide handouts and assignments to students, including those set in other apps, while still allowing teachers to monitor their progress. The Classroom app will be making the move from iOS to macOS, giving teachers another way to manage their class' iPads.
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Apple also revealed upcoming updates to for iOS, primarily adding support for the Apple Pencil, and bumped up the for teachers and students from 5 gigabyes to 200 gigabytes.