Too much student screen time?

From Gazette staff reports

While local school leaders acknowledge that student computer time requires persistent monitoring and adjustment, they are not ready to commit to a fullscale pullback as in Los Angeles.

The nation’s second-largest school district, The Los Angeles Unified School District, is scaling back on classroom technology use, moving to sharply limit student screen time and shift instruction away from laptops and tablets in favor of more traditional methods.

The district is considering new policies that would eliminate screen use for its youngest students and cap daily device time for older grades, marking a significant reversal from years of one-to-one device expansion. District l…

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