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[quote=Anonymous]The EdTech industry has finally been exposed for the grift that it is.  It does not improve learning and studies show the opposite quite frankly.  iPad/ Chromebook use is teacher-dependent but many use them as crowd control and there is less actual teaching going on.  Just app management.  So… unless you specifically choose a tech-free school, you don’t really know what you will get and it could vary year to year.  Private Schools were in tech-races and shouts of 1:1 splashed on their websites have quietly started to roll back bc kids suffered, parents complained and scores dropped… but, the investment and grift is so great I don’t see it ever going away except at alternative (ie Waldorf) or classical schools.  Plus, lazy teachers really lean in so they can do less.  I find it amusing that a few short years ago the “1:1” advert is now replaced with “whole books!”

Your natural students will navigate it but miss out on great opportunities.  And the not so great students who could have benefited from more time reading and writing with pencil in hand will suffer greatly.  If I had a do-over, I’d pay for tech-free private k-8.  [/quote]

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