Americans give all-day school phone bans a ringing endorsement
Polling suggests patience with handsets in the classroom is running shorter than a teenager's battery life
Another Texas district joins experiment to limit classroom screen time
The school district was right to make the decision to implement a new technology policy.
America's math and reading scores collapsed when schools went digital. AI may be a greater threat | Fortune
A major Brookings Institute study of more than 500 students and educators across 50 countries found the risks of AI in the classroom “overshadow its benefits.”
Stop Counting Screen Time. Start Measuring Thinking.
Not all screen time is created equal. What if the real question is not how long students are on screens, but what those screens ask them to do?
Belonging by design: Practical ways to support adult learners in hybrid and asynchronous courses - eCampus News
The most powerful belonging practices are built into the weekly routines of teaching, advising, and communication with learners.
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Kids need less screen time at home and at school | CNN
Many parents know they should limit kids’ screen time at home. Teachers, however, may not set those rules, and their absence is hurting kids’ academic performance.
Screen Time Concerns Lead to Backlash Against Edtech Vetting Process
SCHOOL SOFTWARE SCRUTINY: Legislators have pushed back against cellphones in the classroom but are now focused on ensuring school software on devices ...
School cellphone bans don't immediately improve academics, large study finds
The study compiled data from Yondr, a California startup that makes lockable pouches for schools, businesses and entertainment venues.
Beware the unintended consequences of school screen time limits
With school phone bans of various sorts now underway in 41 states and counting, debates on classroom screen time have shifted focus to the devices ostensibly being used for educational purposes: Chromebooks, iPads, and the like. In response to all the tech backlash, state policymakers are taking swift action, some of which is warranted, but much of which bears signs of legislative haste.
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What Educators Really Think About the Overuse of Tech in Schools
Teachers and administrators express strong opinions about the downsides of tech use in school.
Screen time in the early grades: a parent and teacher weigh in
The Hechinger Report’s recent webinar on tech uses shows many are looking for curbs on devices.
The U.S. Spent $30 Billion to Replace Textbooks with Screens. The Result: A First Generation Mentally Weaker than Its Parents
For the first time in modern history, a generation scores lower than the one that raised it. The reason sits on every school desk in America.
Some States Are Banning Much More Than Phones in Schools. That’s a Huge Mistake – The 74
Culatta: Bills forbidding use of technology in the classroom will deny students essential skills and train them for a world that no longer exists
(1) When Correlation Repeats Across 50 States: The NAEP Evidence Behind My Senate Testimony
How Reading and Math Trends Shift After State-by-State Digital Adoption
What Are We Actually Fixing When We Ban Devices?
Educational failure doesn’t begin with technology, but with pedagogy. Devices don’t teach. Teachers do. The quality of instruction is the filter through which every tool either sharpens learning or exposes what was never there to begin with.
Phone-Free Schools: A Growing Education Movement | edCircuit
Phone-free schools are gaining momentum as educators examine how smartphones affect learning, student attention, and classroom engagement.
Schools across America are quietly admitting that screens in classrooms made students worse off and are reversing years of tech-first policies
When McPherson Middle School in central Kansas banned cell phones in school four years ago, they didn’t reconsider their school-issued Google Chromebooks that were actively being used in the …
Apple’s MacBook Neo Just Disrupted the Chromebook Era. Now Schools Have to Answer a Hard Question
Apple released the MacBook Neo this week.
The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents
In 2002, Maine became the first state to implement a statewide laptop program to some grade levels. Then-Governor Angus King saw the program as a way to put the internet at the fingertips of more …
A Latter-Day Luddite Pulls the Plug on EdTech - Education Next
New book argues it’s not the tools we use but the values we hold that make the difference in education
New AAP ‘Screen Time’ Recommendations Focus Less on Screens, More on Family Time - EdSurge News
While the pediatric group previously recommended two hours or less of screen time a day, a decade later, the American Academy of Pediatrics is getting ...
Close Screens Open Minds | Challenge the adoption of EdTech
Close Screens Open Minds is building a comprehensive evidence-based resource for parents, press, and policymakers to challenge the adoption of EdTech in schools.
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
10 Policy Recommendations To Address Cellphone Use in Schools - Center for American Progress
As school leaders raise concerns about student cellphone use in schools, policymakers can look to domestic and international examples to create student-centered policies.
Teachers Like Cellphone Bans—But Not for Themselves
Without access to an authenticator app on their phones, some teachers said they can’t even log into their work emails, in a robust social media discussion in response to an informal poll by Education Week.
The poll asked if teachers should be included in their school’s cellphone policies. More than half the 1,668 respondents said teachers don’t need any rules to govern their cellphone use, while 31% believed that such restrictions should exist. Fifteen percent said “it depends.”
Meanwhile, nearly 350 readers of the Savvy Principal newsletter weighed in on whether they have rules for how teachers can use their phones during the school day. Forty-nine percent said yes.
New ChromeOS tools to support classroom collaboration
Modernize your classroom with AI-powered Chromebooks, Gemini in Chrome, and new ways to engage and collaborate with students with powerful Class tools features and a new…
The Power of Prior Knowledge – TCEA
Explore practical tips, resources, and insights to transform teaching and learning with technology. Empower your students and enhance education today!
Technology Plan Implementation Guide – TCEA
Explore practical tips, resources, and insights to transform teaching and learning with technology. Empower your students and enhance education today!