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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS is, in theory, 1:1 for grades 3+. That should be the same across all DCPS schools. Of course the reality is that schools have to fight for working devices and some schools are better at it than others for a variety of reasons within and outside of their control.

Grades 3+ in ES had Surface Gos, but I hear they're being phased out because they break constant (thank goodness). Laptops for Grades 6+. [/quote]

We're still in early elementary but this comment implies that the main difference is that the wealthier schools have more/better devices, but the reality is that wealthier schools have significantly less screen time because the parents won't stand for it.  We're at a Ward 4 Title I elementary EOTP and our neighbors who lotteried across to Lafayette this past year say it's night and day.  No "dance breaks" with KidzBop between every center, no watching movies during Music class, no watching videos of books being read out loud on a YouTube channel during library visits.

The only screen time for early elementary in wealthy elementaries is the mandatory iReady assessments on tablets.  In each of the 2 Title I schools I've been at, iReady is the least of it.[/quote]

Sorry, I was only answering the part of the question about what devices students have and I believe the above is accurate. (FWIW it is not always the rich schools that have working devices though, a lot of it is about how good the principal and/or IS is at working the system.) You are absolutely correct that the amount of screen time between schools varies, though in my experience very little of that is related to personal devices (which is the part of the question I was answering). My kids' school does iReady 40 minutes week on each of math and ELA, but that includes time spent at home, so it's really only in the classroom if kids don't do it. They also use their devices for testing, test prep, typing practice in 3rd grade and occasional in-school power point projects in 4th & 5th. There is some other screen time (watching clips of videos, indoor recess movies), but none of that is on personal devices at all. [/quote]

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