Parents opt kids out of school computers, insisting on pen and paper instead
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Parents are forming a loose network teaching one another how to get their children off school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

The middle schooler had been begging to opt out, citing headaches from the Chromebook screen and a dislike of the AI chatbot recently integrated into it.

Parents across the country are taking steps to stop their children from using school-issued Chromebooks and iPads, citing concerns about distractions and access to inappropriate content that they fear hampers their kids’ education.

  • Prox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 hour ago

    This - like most problems we’ve created in the US - comes down to money. Google will often donate/grant Chromebooks to schools in order to create future addicts customers. It would cost schools a lot more to do what’s right (or at least better) for their students, so they don’t do that thing.