EdTech Transparency

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Anonymous wrote:Lexia is an excellent, science-backed supplemental tool that builds reading/phonics skills.

It’s not meant to replace teaching and It’s not as great as 1:1 for remediation but it’s still beneficial in some ways to most kids.

Same for a lot of the other tools. Great ways to supplement teaching and get extra practice.

It’s not an all or nothing situation.

Ok, buts it’s a supplement. The problem is there is no actual teaching being done. They can do lexia at home. At school, when they are with a teacher, there should be actual teaching happening.

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Anonymous wrote:I also wish teachers went back to blackboard and chalk instead of PowerPoint, smart boards and dry erase boards. The contrast of the blackboard and chalk is easier to view and it is multi sensorial. This is an interesting article about the education benefits of a chalkboard- while I wouldn’t have been able to articulate this myself, it makes perfect sense to how I feel about it. While it’s geared toward college students- I think it is relevant to elementary as well

https://compasspubindonesia.com/blogs/2025/11/17/why-teaching-with-chalk-and-blackboard-is-more-effective/

Totally agree. There was also a study about how college students that took notes with own and paper instead of a laptop learned more.

Reducing edtech in schools is an important fight. No parent should have to worry about their kid being exposed to porn at school from another kid's school issued device, not to mention being forced to constantly use a distracting Internet connected device when they are supposed to be learning. Parents should not give up.

Teacher here and I am not sure why a dry erase board is worse than a chalkboard. I use my tv as a digital chalkboard. I have an iPad that I write that is screen mirrored to the tv. As I write all the kindergartners can see proper letter formation as I write without my body blocking their view. I can also always face the kids and correct their hand writing as we go because I don’t turn my back on them. I don’t use it for slide decks, books or any other tech except movement videos/ brain breaks. Can you explain why this isn’t an improvement over a chalk board.

It is pretty clear after you bother to do some basic research, which you are clearly not interested in given you didn't even bother to read the article

Did you read it? The first picture under the title is a kid on a dry erase board. The article never mentions dry erase boards va chalk boards. Only you did that. So you can continue to yell that no one is reading the article, but you aren’t understanding much about your position or the article.

Chalkboards are have an advantage over whiteboards because there is more contrast so it is easier on people's eyes.

Not having the screen in the classroom is better than having it in the classroom because it means kids aren't watching videos (like the "brain breaks") at schools every day. Screens are addictive, kids know what they can do, and that is distracting. It sounds like it barely adds any value to your classroom anyway. Use the money to send home actual books

Chalkboards also have chalk and dust that some people are allergic to. My second grade teacher couldn’t touch the stuff. We used a lot of overheads in the 80s so teachers could write in color when highlighting and underlining etc. It wasn’t addictive. White boards aren’t addictive and even my color blind kid can read the white board colors.

No, I can’t just order books. Teachers are not able to control the budget of the school with the 50 bucks the PTA gives them.

You are stuck in the mindset that schools need to be the fix for societal issues once again. If screens are so instantly addictive why are you participating in online forums and using your phone/device to do so?

Screens being addictive is actually not the main problem of EdTech. The problem is literally that it is ineffective at teaching. Kids need to be reading books, writing, taking notes, organizing words, thoughts, numbers on paper. The teacher need to be giving direct instruction in class, not slides and Quizlet, Gimkit stuff.

+1. It’s like they completely forgot how to teach!

The teachers coming out of ED school now are taught to teach using iPads and apps. They literally do not know how to teach without “technology tools.” They haven’t been taught.

Correct. Always,always request the oldest teacher for your kids. The older the better. It doesn’t matter that your daughter loves Miss Honey and thinks she’s so pretty, she’s going to learn infinitely more from Mrs. Frownyface.

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Anonymous wrote:I also wish teachers went back to blackboard and chalk instead of PowerPoint, smart boards and dry erase boards. The contrast of the blackboard and chalk is easier to view and it is multi sensorial. This is an interesting article about the education benefits of a chalkboard- while I wouldn’t have been able to articulate this myself, it makes perfect sense to how I feel about it. While it’s geared toward college students- I think it is relevant to elementary as well

https://compasspubindonesia.com/blogs/2025/11/17/why-teaching-with-chalk-and-blackboard-is-more-effective/

Totally agree. There was also a study about how college students that took notes with own and paper instead of a laptop learned more.

Reducing edtech in schools is an important fight. No parent should have to worry about their kid being exposed to porn at school from another kid's school issued device, not to mention being forced to constantly use a distracting Internet connected device when they are supposed to be learning. Parents should not give up.

Teacher here and I am not sure why a dry erase board is worse than a chalkboard. I use my tv as a digital chalkboard. I have an iPad that I write that is screen mirrored to the tv. As I write all the kindergartners can see proper letter formation as I write without my body blocking their view. I can also always face the kids and correct their hand writing as we go because I don’t turn my back on them. I don’t use it for slide decks, books or any other tech except movement videos/ brain breaks. Can you explain why this isn’t an improvement over a chalk board.

It is pretty clear after you bother to do some basic research, which you are clearly not interested in given you didn't even bother to read the article

Did you read it? The first picture under the title is a kid on a dry erase board. The article never mentions dry erase boards va chalk boards. Only you did that. So you can continue to yell that no one is reading the article, but you aren’t understanding much about your position or the article.

Chalkboards are have an advantage over whiteboards because there is more contrast so it is easier on people's eyes.

Not having the screen in the classroom is better than having it in the classroom because it means kids aren't watching videos (like the "brain breaks") at schools every day. Screens are addictive, kids know what they can do, and that is distracting. It sounds like it barely adds any value to your classroom anyway. Use the money to send home actual books

Chalkboards also have chalk and dust that some people are allergic to. My second grade teacher couldn’t touch the stuff. We used a lot of overheads in the 80s so teachers could write in color when highlighting and underlining etc. It wasn’t addictive. White boards aren’t addictive and even my color blind kid can read the white board colors.

No, I can’t just order books. Teachers are not able to control the budget of the school with the 50 bucks the PTA gives them.

You are stuck in the mindset that schools need to be the fix for societal issues once again. If screens are so instantly addictive why are you participating in online forums and using your phone/device to do so?

Screens being addictive is actually not the main problem of EdTech. The problem is literally that it is ineffective at teaching. Kids need to be reading books, writing, taking notes, organizing words, thoughts, numbers on paper. The teacher need to be giving direct instruction in class, not slides and Quizlet, Gimkit stuff.

+1. It’s like they completely forgot how to teach!

The teachers coming out of ED school now are taught to teach using iPads and apps. They literally do not know how to teach without “technology tools.” They haven’t been taught.

Correct. Always,always request the oldest teacher for your kids. The older the better. It doesn’t matter that your daughter loves Miss Honey and thinks she’s so pretty, she’s going to learn infinitely more from Mrs. Frownyface.

Haha. I love this. But there are very few of them still in teaching.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lexia is an excellent, science-backed supplemental tool that builds reading/phonics skills.

It’s not meant to replace teaching and It’s not as great as 1:1 for remediation but it’s still beneficial in some ways to most kids.

Same for a lot of the other tools. Great ways to supplement teaching and get extra practice.

It’s not an all or nothing situation.

Ok, buts it’s a supplement. The problem is there is no actual teaching being done. They can do lexia at home. At school, when they are with a teacher, there should be actual teaching happening.

Which schools do your kids attend where this is happening?

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Anonymous wrote:I also wish teachers went back to blackboard and chalk instead of PowerPoint, smart boards and dry erase boards. The contrast of the blackboard and chalk is easier to view and it is multi sensorial. This is an interesting article about the education benefits of a chalkboard- while I wouldn’t have been able to articulate this myself, it makes perfect sense to how I feel about it. While it’s geared toward college students- I think it is relevant to elementary as well

https://compasspubindonesia.com/blogs/2025/11/17/why-teaching-with-chalk-and-blackboard-is-more-effective/

Totally agree. There was also a study about how college students that took notes with own and paper instead of a laptop learned more.

Reducing edtech in schools is an important fight. No parent should have to worry about their kid being exposed to porn at school from another kid's school issued device, not to mention being forced to constantly use a distracting Internet connected device when they are supposed to be learning. Parents should not give up.

Teacher here and I am not sure why a dry erase board is worse than a chalkboard. I use my tv as a digital chalkboard. I have an iPad that I write that is screen mirrored to the tv. As I write all the kindergartners can see proper letter formation as I write without my body blocking their view. I can also always face the kids and correct their hand writing as we go because I don’t turn my back on them. I don’t use it for slide decks, books or any other tech except movement videos/ brain breaks. Can you explain why this isn’t an improvement over a chalk board.

It is pretty clear after you bother to do some basic research, which you are clearly not interested in given you didn't even bother to read the article

Did you read it? The first picture under the title is a kid on a dry erase board. The article never mentions dry erase boards va chalk boards. Only you did that. So you can continue to yell that no one is reading the article, but you aren’t understanding much about your position or the article.

Chalkboards are have an advantage over whiteboards because there is more contrast so it is easier on people's eyes.

Not having the screen in the classroom is better than having it in the classroom because it means kids aren't watching videos (like the "brain breaks") at schools every day. Screens are addictive, kids know what they can do, and that is distracting. It sounds like it barely adds any value to your classroom anyway. Use the money to send home actual books

Chalkboards also have chalk and dust that some people are allergic to. My second grade teacher couldn’t touch the stuff. We used a lot of overheads in the 80s so teachers could write in color when highlighting and underlining etc. It wasn’t addictive. White boards aren’t addictive and even my color blind kid can read the white board colors.

No, I can’t just order books. Teachers are not able to control the budget of the school with the 50 bucks the PTA gives them.

You are stuck in the mindset that schools need to be the fix for societal issues once again. If screens are so instantly addictive why are you participating in online forums and using your phone/device to do so?

Screens being addictive is actually not the main problem of EdTech. The problem is literally that it is ineffective at teaching. Kids need to be reading books, writing, taking notes, organizing words, thoughts, numbers on paper. The teacher need to be giving direct instruction in class, not slides and Quizlet, Gimkit stuff.

+1. It’s like they completely forgot how to teach!

The teachers coming out of ED school now are taught to teach using iPads and apps. They literally do not know how to teach without “technology tools.” They haven’t been taught.

Correct. Always,always request the oldest teacher for your kids. The older the better. It doesn’t matter that your daughter loves Miss Honey and thinks she’s so pretty, she’s going to learn infinitely more from Mrs. Frownyface.

Haha. I love this. But there are very few of them still in teaching.

Correct. They all retire early or ASAP because they don’t want to deal with the unchecked behaviors excused as a disability or the never ending changes to standards and curriculums.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lexia is an excellent, science-backed supplemental tool that builds reading/phonics skills.

It’s not meant to replace teaching and It’s not as great as 1:1 for remediation but it’s still beneficial in some ways to most kids.

Same for a lot of the other tools. Great ways to supplement teaching and get extra practice.

It’s not an all or nothing situation.

Ok, buts it’s a supplement. The problem is there is no actual teaching being done. They can do lexia at home. At school, when they are with a teacher, there should be actual teaching happening.

If we assign it at home, most parents will not follow through.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lexia is an excellent, science-backed supplemental tool that builds reading/phonics skills.

It’s not meant to replace teaching and It’s not as great as 1:1 for remediation but it’s still beneficial in some ways to most kids.

Same for a lot of the other tools. Great ways to supplement teaching and get extra practice.

It’s not an all or nothing situation.

Ok, buts it’s a supplement. The problem is there is no actual teaching being done. They can do lexia at home. At school, when they are with a teacher, there should be actual teaching happening.

If we assign it at home, most parents will not follow through.

That’s fine. It’s a supplement. It should be extra. It shouldn’t be relied upon as a crutch to teach.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lexia is an excellent, science-backed supplemental tool that builds reading/phonics skills.

It’s not meant to replace teaching and It’s not as great as 1:1 for remediation but it’s still beneficial in some ways to most kids.

Same for a lot of the other tools. Great ways to supplement teaching and get extra practice.

It’s not an all or nothing situation.

Ok, buts it’s a supplement. The problem is there is no actual teaching being done. They can do lexia at home. At school, when they are with a teacher, there should be actual teaching happening.

Which schools do your kids attend where this is happening?

All of them, seriously. If you think this isn’t happening at your child’s elementary school, you just haven’t been in their class enough

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Anonymous wrote:Lexia is an excellent, science-backed supplemental tool that builds reading/phonics skills.

It’s not meant to replace teaching and It’s not as great as 1:1 for remediation but it’s still beneficial in some ways to most kids.

Same for a lot of the other tools. Great ways to supplement teaching and get extra practice.

It’s not an all or nothing situation.

Ok, buts it’s a supplement. The problem is there is no actual teaching being done. They can do lexia at home. At school, when they are with a teacher, there should be actual teaching happening.

If we assign it at home, most parents will not follow through.

That’s fine. It’s a supplement. It should be extra. It shouldn’t be relied upon as a crutch to teach.

It’s not assigned to everyone - only the kids very behind so yes they do it at school or it won’t get done.

[Anonymous]

It will be interesting to compare school districts who used Chromebook 3/4 of the time including all books vs schools who use Chromebooks 1/4 of classroom time and their students are given real books.

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Anonymous wrote:It will be interesting to compare school districts who used Chromebook 3/4 of the time including all books vs schools who use Chromebooks 1/4 of classroom time and their students are given real books.

I’m sure how this would work. Even within a school, within a grade there are huge variances.

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Anonymous wrote:Lexia is an excellent, science-backed supplemental tool that builds reading/phonics skills.

It’s not meant to replace teaching and It’s not as great as 1:1 for remediation but it’s still beneficial in some ways to most kids.

Same for a lot of the other tools. Great ways to supplement teaching and get extra practice.

It’s not an all or nothing situation.

Ok, buts it’s a supplement. The problem is there is no actual teaching being done. They can do lexia at home. At school, when they are with a teacher, there should be actual teaching happening.

Which schools do your kids attend where this is happening?

All of them, seriously. If you think this isn’t happening at your child’s elementary school, you just haven’t been in their class enough

Name the school.

Do you even had kids?

[Anonymous]

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-5-does-ed-tech-improve-student-learning-with/id1864730288?i=1000751016439


Sharing a podcast on the subject.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Lexia is an excellent, science-backed supplemental tool that builds reading/phonics skills.

It’s not meant to replace teaching and It’s not as great as 1:1 for remediation but it’s still beneficial in some ways to most kids.

Same for a lot of the other tools. Great ways to supplement teaching and get extra practice.

It’s not an all or nothing situation.

Ok, buts it’s a supplement. The problem is there is no actual teaching being done. They can do lexia at home. At school, when they are with a teacher, there should be actual teaching happening.

I have 3 kids in middle and high school in FCPS who used lexia from the covid times through middle school, so for at least a few years each. They report having learned very little from lexia. When they missed something, they just kept guessing answers until they got the correct one with no awareness of why that was the right answer. I eventually taught them language arts from workbooks at home over the summer so they could develop into strong writers. They actually really enjoyed the workbooks because they felt the accomplishment of learning.

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Anonymous wrote:Lexia is an excellent, science-backed supplemental tool that builds reading/phonics skills.

It’s not meant to replace teaching and It’s not as great as 1:1 for remediation but it’s still beneficial in some ways to most kids.

Same for a lot of the other tools. Great ways to supplement teaching and get extra practice.

It’s not an all or nothing situation.

Ok, buts it’s a supplement. The problem is there is no actual teaching being done. They can do lexia at home. At school, when they are with a teacher, there should be actual teaching happening.

If we assign it at home, most parents will not follow through.

That’s fine. It’s a supplement. It should be extra. It shouldn’t be relied upon as a crutch to teach.

It’s not assigned to everyone - only the kids very behind so yes they do it at school or it won’t get done.

But the kids are behind are the ones that should be using less EdTech less, not more. The science behind Lexia and other programs is a big flop. They aren’t helping. Kids are doing worse.