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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is such a twilight zone about this. The public school families I know IRL are just as concerned about screen use as OP and PP, and most would go private if they could find an affordable non-religious option. Yet posters on here are like “I have a $3m HHI and prefer public schools”[/quote]

I know people who have switched but say that post-covid, the privates also rely on tech too much and don't do textbooks.

The only ones I know who have low screens are Montessori or Catholic, but I would love to hear about other options![/quote]

I’m the high school teacher who posted above.

I work in a Catholic school, and we (as a school) have decided to limit technology use. Students still carry their laptops, but they only come out for activities that require them. For example, I’ll allow the use for online database searching but not for other things (paragraph / essay writing, reading text selections).

We get positive feedback from the students, who say they are more alert in class when technology is put away. (I have one or two who are allowed to keep laptops out due to accommodations.) [/quote]

Could you share where you teach? Do all of the area’s Catholic schools take the same approach re screens?[/quote]

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