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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there any parents out there interested in organizing around tech use in MS? My kid is already mid-elementary so while I totally support any effort to get tech out of younger grades (solidarity), I'm also looking down the pike to MS and would love to see more focus on physical books. Also if there are parents on here with experiences in DCPS MS regarding tech, what can you share? Our IB is Stuart-Hobson, which I'm enthusiastic about, but I've also heard from neighbor kids that it's a lot of chrome book use.[/quote]

You cannot get “tech out of schools” any more than you can get tech out of the workplace. for example I doubt [b]you want your kid to have to hand write everything through MS and HS; [/b]and I doubt you want to block the use of the Internet for bona fide research and reading.

Instead of a nebulous and annoying campaign against “tech” you need to focus on specific subjects and how they are taught. For example, dig into how math is being delivered at SH. [/quote]

There are school that still incorporate a LOT of handwriting -- in DC that is private and parochial schools and BASIS and Latin.

DCPS students are being completely left behind and parents should fight this. I would join, but we already left for one of the above.[/quote]

I do think kids should hand write enough to be legible but once they have lengthy writing assignments, then they need to be using computers. The bigger differences with Basis and Latin are likely how the curriculum is delivered and the teaching methods, not the fact that kids hand write. I certainly would not expect that my older kid be forced to hand write any sort of meaningful writing assignments. [/quote]

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