Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen-and-paper instead
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A loose network of parents are teaching one another how to get their kids off of school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

The middle schooler had been begging to opt out, citing headaches from the Chromebook screen and a dislike of the AI chatbot recently integrated into it.

Parents across the country are taking steps to stop their children from using school-issued Chromebooks and iPads, citing concerns about distractions and access to inappropriate content that they fear hampers their kids’ education.

  • Technoworcester@feddit.ukEnglish
    10·
    2 hours ago

    said she was only allowed under state law to opt the children out of standardized testing and sexual health lessons,

    WTF? Why the fuck can someone opt kids out of EITHER of these things?

    • Sharkticon@lemmy.zipEnglish
      41·
      1 hour ago

      Well the latter is pretty easy, it’s easier to sexually molest children that haven’t gone through sex education.