$3.5 million — that’s how much one Georgia public school system will shell out for lost and damaged devices this year, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Atlanta Public Schools estimates that about 11 percent of its devices have been lost or damaged, and that figure is much higher in some other districts, according to Quang Ha, executive vice president at device insurance provider Worth Ave. Group. 
Repairing and replacing devices continues to be a major challenge for one-to-one device programs across the country. “On average, 8 to 12 percent of devices are damaged per year,” Ha says…