Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen and paper instead
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Parents are forming a loose network teaching one another how to get their children off 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.

  • andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    22 hours ago

    White flight and a state that hates education.

    The rest of the science department were “emergency certified” - eg, random bachelors degrees.

    I know for the fact the district has put teachers in without BACKGROUND CHECKS.

      • andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        20 hours ago

        Bingo.

        First week of the job: “hey, stop talking about your college experiences with the kids. These kids are never going to college, so none of it will ever connect with them.”