Techlash grows in education: ‘My daughter went to middle school and was sent home with a screen addiction in her backpack’
The push for technology in schools is facing backlash as parents and educators express concerns over screen addiction among students. The Los Angeles Unified School District has implemented a new policy to limit device use for younger students and set screen time restrictions for older grades. This movement is part of a broader national trend, with several states proposing laws to address excessive screen time in education.
- ▪Los Angeles Unified School District will stop giving devices to students until second grade.
- ▪A new policy includes daily and weekly screen limits for older grades and bans devices during lunch and recess.
- ▪Parents are frustrated that school-issued devices undermine their efforts to limit screen time at home.
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Just a few years ago, America’s public schools were rushing to get every child a laptop. Los Angeles middle school teacher Anna Soffer remembers it well: “The idea was that technology is the future, so we need to put tech in every child’s hands.”Recommended Video Now, the conversation has flipped. After pouring billions of dollars into laptops, tablets and learning apps, many schools are facing a digital reckoning. Classrooms have become saturated with screens, and a growing number of parents, teachers and school districts are saying it is time to scale back. “The Chromebook is just a world of distraction,” says Soffer, who teaches sixth-grade English and history. She favors pen-and-paper assignments but is required to use laptops and online apps for certain activities.
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