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.

  • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    Of course there are kids with disabilities or nuerodivergence, and common sense should handle what is best for those kids individually. We’re talking about broad policy here, laptops should not be the default.