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.

  • andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 hours ago

    The most I dealt with was around 36. I had around 28 chairs.

    However, the feeder middle school had class sizes of 60+. There were literal riots, with multiple teachers injured, that the district covered up.

    • foodandart@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      1 hour ago

      This was a public school and they tolerated this shit?

      Sweet Jesus the standards have fallen.

      Is it the parents, school board and administration or a combination of all 3?