Any noted schools with low screen use?

[Anonymous]

Another thread mentioned Ross.. Any others of note?

[Anonymous]

You're going to care so much less about this in the future. In general the schools that cater to this kind of concern do not have strong academics in upper elementary. Ross is an exception because its student body is wealthy.

[Anonymous]

Not true - we have a 4th grader and we care much more now! Looking for low screen middle schools.

[Anonymous]

Brent, especially in PK-2nd grade.

Probably almost any true (as close as a public school can be) Reggio inspired or Montessori program. The only thing with Montessori and DCPS is it’s only until K.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You're going to care so much less about this in the future. In general the schools that cater to this kind of concern do not have strong academics in upper elementary. Ross is an exception because its student body is wealthy.

I disagree wholeheartedly. The classrooms at Deal with the most tech are the ones with the least teaching going on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You're going to care so much less about this in the future. In general the schools that cater to this kind of concern do not have strong academics in upper elementary. Ross is an exception because its student body is wealthy.

I disagree wholeheartedly. The classrooms at Deal with the most tech are the ones with the least teaching going on.

And yet people still enroll in Deal, and Deal still has good scores. Because people say they don't like screens but they don't care enough to accept the tradeoffs of going elsewhere. That is what I mean.

[Anonymous]

The Anti-EdTech movement is just getting started. EdTech, for smart kids who maybe have help outside of school, is perfectly fine and probably doesn't impact scores very much. But for the other 80-90 percent, it is actively harmful. It takes up unnecessary time in class (fixing tech, dead batteries, explaining new software), it doesn't actually teach very well, and it is missing the hand-brain connection that creates memories.

If you doubt me, go try learning statistics or the Polish language online and see how you do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not true - we have a 4th grader and we care much more now! Looking for low screen middle schools.

BASIS and Latin.

[Anonymous]

St Anselm's

[Anonymous]

LAMB barely uses computers

[Anonymous]

Hardy has been reducing screen usage over time in response to parents' feedback.

The problem is DCPS pushes screens. Cheaper for them (though worse for students) and gives them control, which they are need for since they don't trust their teachers (which says something about their managerial (in)competence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hardy has been reducing screen usage over time in response to parents' feedback.

The problem is DCPS pushes screens. Cheaper for them (though worse for students) and gives them control, which they are need for since they don't trust their teachers (which says something about their managerial (in)competence.

And data. DCPS is forever on a quest to have data to prove everything they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not true - we have a 4th grader and we care much more now! Looking for low screen middle schools.

+1. We are at Latin and pretty happy with the low tech education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hardy has been reducing screen usage over time in response to parents' feedback.

The problem is DCPS pushes screens. Cheaper for them (though worse for students) and gives them control, which they are need for since they don't trust their teachers (which says something about their managerial (in)competence.

This is so depressing. I suspect the DCPS schools that limit screen time (Hardy and I guess Ross) have principals who are strong enough to push back.

[Anonymous]

+1 for Brent

Only issue is you will have to find an alternative for MS but my oldest just went to private and is in their freshman year now at Walls. I’m sure others go to a charter for 4th or 5th but I was also concerned about too much tech.

I am also a teacher, I would not send my child to most DC public schools -especially title 1’s. Not because of the teachers but due to DCPS pushing tech on them the most. It’s detrimental to their kids and it’s awful. I work in one and only do the mandated iReady minutes but most of my colleagues are using chromebooks and iPads for a majority of the day.