What Parents Need to Know About Screen Use in Schools

TL;DR: It’s complicated.

Screenshot of student work during remote learning, received via a FERPA request of EdTech platforms being used by the child’s school. The EdTech company had access to this (and many other documents) about this child and her family. (Shared with permission).

Understanding the challenges around screen use in schools today is complicated. There are really three simultaneous problems:

1. The screens that kids bring to school in the form of personal devices (and the apps, social media sites, games, and platforms they can access on them);
2. The screens that are provided or required by the school to do school (like 1:1 tablet or laptop programs);
3. The EdTech platforms that kids are required to use” …

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Emily Cherkin, M.A.Ed., is a tech-intentional parent, educator, speaker, writer, and founder of The Screentime Consultant, LLC, and her work has been featured in local and national news, including in The New York Times and on The Today Show and Good Morning, America.