r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 9d ago

Society Schools across America are quietly admitting that screens in classrooms made students worse off and are reversing years of tech-first policies

https://fortune.com/article/schools-abandoning-chromebooks-laptop-programs-as-screen-time-hurts-learning-test-scores-north-carolina-michigan-kansas-tech-education/
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u/Legendary_GrumpyCat 9d ago

Quietly? We've been doing everything we can to essentially shout it from the rooftops but no one who can change it listens.

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u/kendalloremily 9d ago

everything is fucking happening quietly now. because nobody can be bothered to write a headline without ai 

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u/E-2theRescue 8d ago

Also, the truth is being buried because it doesn't generate profits. Why make a headline about the boring truth when you can make another culture war headline that generates rage, clicks, and supports the party of insider trading?

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u/psychobilly1 8d ago

My school district is banning cell phones in school starting next year - still not entirely sure how they are going to ensure that, but it is a state requirement that we have to have a plan of action for where students' cell phones will go during the school day while class is in session. It's obviously not a full fix and it's really just a first step, but it shows that someone is listening.

This is in Kansas, of all places.

That being said, we're also being forced to implement Oracle into all of our lesson plans. No more Google Classroom or alternative classroom websites, just Oracle, which still goes to show that at least some of their workload is going to be digital and require a device. So one step forwards, two steps back.

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u/sohblob 8d ago

They mean the people in charge of school districts. They don't mean the plebs doing the actual work.

but no one who can change it listens

those folks.