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.

  • foodandart@lemmy.zip
    English
    5·
    8 months ago

    Holy shit. Lemme guess… it’s a southern state and in a majority black district?

    • andros_rex@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorEnglish
      6·
      8 months 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.”