Personal laptops, Chromebooks and iPads are on the chopping block in many classrooms as parents and advocates look to expand efforts to limit technology in schools.
Despite millions of dollars spent by districts before and especially during the COVID-19 pandemic to give students 1-to-1 personal devices, the tides are turning as some worry about the distractions and negative learning effects from sitting in front of a screen all day.
The fight is an expansion from those who worked to get cellphones banned from schools. Over the past five years, more than 30 states have enacted legislation that requires schools to create policies around cellphones in classrooms, with some districts going as far as forcing students to put their devices in a pouch they cant access all day.
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