Fortune· 2h ago· 1 min read
When McPherson Middle School in central Kansas banned cell phones in school four years ago, they didn’t reconsider the school-issued Google Chromebooks that were actively being used in the classroom and at home. It wasn’t until December of last year it asked its 480 students to give up the laptops as well.
Administrators found that without their phones, students were using school laptops for distracting activities like watching YouTube or playing games, rather than learning. Some were even using their school Gmail accounts to tease other students, the New York Times reported earlier this year.
Now, the school has transitioned to using laptops only for specific teacher-assigned activities. Meanwhile, the unused laptops sit in carts in the back of classrooms, and children take notes the old-fashioned way: on pen and paper.
“This technology can be a tool. It is not the answer to…
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