How can we advocate against Ed tech in elementary in dcps?
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Anonymous
Aw, more people who are unable to read well. I understand there are some people on here who lack that ability but the least you could do is input to AI. Please do not put your weird feelings of failing your kid(s) onto others. That is not the conversation at hand. |
Anonymous
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Well said!! Thank you very much.
Can we actually put together a list of charter schools that use minimal screen?
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Anonymous
If you want real books, you need to pay for private school. Signed, parent of high schoolers |
Anonymous
I don't blame your kid. If I had to just read on Lexia, I would hate reading too. |
Anonymous
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https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/A19DF2E8-3C69-4193-A676-430CF0C83DC2
https://www.edweek.org/technology/should-schools-curtail-the-use-of-technology-congress-fuels-debate/2026/01 Some easy reads for skeptical parents. As an educator, I find it interesting that there is such discord on here about this. Current tech is not great for learning, who knows about the future. Either was in the early years (birth to 6), nothing beats human connection, play, and love/safety. |
Anonymous
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A different approach is to not approve of your child's private information being shared with a 3rd party.
All of these apps take your child's private info - if you send a note to your school's principal, your child will not be able to engage. |
Anonymous
oh snap |
Anonymous
Oh I like this |
Anonymous
So sad that kids don’t read hardly any books in school anymore. They just answer main topic and inference questions after reading short passages on Lexia. |
Anonymous
I bet the children of the tech bros read many books in their private schools though. |
Anonymous
Yep and all the higher ups in tech are anti-screens too. |
Anonymous
Yes, even if people want to argue about tech in older grades, it seems like a no-brainer to me that we should be eliminating as much tech as possible from PK and K classrooms. To be fair, the PK teacher our kid had in a Title I DCPS was already on this 5 years ago -- it's one of the reasons we chose that PK despite getting into some charters in September. No tablets or computers in the classroom, the only screen use ever was a short dance video they would play for the kids while setting up for "choice time." Physical books were read to the kids, as much time as possible was spent outside, any learning was done through play, music, and games. She (and her teacher's aide) were such a gem. I think a lot of DCPS PK classrooms are like this, though, because DCPS requires most PK teachers to have a masters in early childhood education, and anyone who has gotten that degree in the last 20 years is going to understand that you don't teach 3/4/5 year olds with apps and screens. I think K is the tougher sell, especially in Title I schools, because DCPS starts pushing academics pretty hard in K and that often leads to more screens because of DCPS's reliance on iReady and other tech for teaching. But honestly, even our K class wasn't that screen heavy -- some videos here and there, the teacher used a smart screen for lessons (this is just a more convenient chalkboard, it's fine), and sometimes kids did iReady lessons during centers time (this was the only one that bothered me). But I don't think it would be that hard to get parents and teachers on board with a concerted effort to get the vast majority of screens out of ECE classrooms. I think grades 1-5 is where the battle will be, because yes at those ages some tech is pretty much inevitable and advisable in some areas (like learning to type), but it's also a time when kids can get completely hooked on screens and apps. I know people keep saying "stop talking about screen time!" because it makes me sound like an overzealous parent of a toddler, but I'm speaking as the parent of older kids -- screen addiction is REAL and it becomes a critical problem for tweens and teens when they can't go a few hours without a screen. Some of these kids have zero ability to work through normal boredom, social discomfort, anxiety, etc. without screens. You see it in adults too, of course. This is a major social issue. It's really more about handheld, interactive screens than about screens in general, but I mean, I'm 45 and I worry about my "screen time." |
Anonymous
This is just absolutely horrendous. Way to kill the joy out of reading. |
Anonymous
| At the Peabody tour today, they said kindergartners use tablets for about 15 minutes a day for iReady purposes (and then we saw the kids on tablets). Is this the same across DCPS? I understand that charters can do their own thing and can be lower-screen, but I thought I was told that some DCPS elementary schools are also lower-screen. But do they all have tablet use in K? |
Anonymous
Emphasis on the word “selling.” Parents and school districts are falling for it. |