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Schools pull back on student laptops as parents push for less screen time
School districts across the U.S. are scaling back the one-to-one laptop programs that spread during the COVID-19 pandemic, limiting Chromebook use in younger grades as parents press for less screen time.
School districts across the United States are scaling back the one-device-per-student programs that spread during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing concerns about screen time, distraction and learning.
In Kansas, McPherson Middle School is collecting students' Chromebooks at the end of the semester; its principal, Inge Esping, cited research linking less screen time to better learning and mental health. The school had banned cellphones four years earlier, only to find that YouTube, games and online bullying had moved to school-issued laptops.
In Pennsylvania, the Canon-McMillan district no longer gives students in kindergarten through second grade regular access to school laptops or tablets, while grades 3 to 8 share Chromebook carts. Galesburg District 205 in Illinois will stop assigning individual Chromebooks to students in grades 2 through 8, and in Virginia, a Chesterfield County middle school delayed handing out Chromebooks after months of pressure from parents.
Parents are organizing as well: at least 200 parents in the Lower Merion district near Philadelphia signed a petition seeking an opt-out from the district's device program. Many districts are keeping computers for testing and some coursework, and one teacher told NBC News it makes little sense to remove computers entirely since state tests are online, though many classrooms have too much screen time.
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