Schools Face Growing Pressure to Scale Back Classroom Tech While Preserving Key Benefits
Education Week's "Technology Counts" report examines how schools are navigating growing backlash against technology use in classrooms. While tech reliance surged during the pandemic with 1-to-1 computing programs funded by federal stimulus, districts now face pressure from parents, teachers, and advocates to scale back. However, schools are also trying to preserve what they see as the most beneficial tech applications. An EdWeek Research Center survey provides data on how educators are responding to calls to pull back on digital tools.
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Technology's role in schools is under tremendous scrutiny.
Schools' reliance on tech soared during the pandemic, a time when many of them by necessity moved to 1-to-1 computing programs.
Those decisions, supercharged by billions of dollars in federal stimulus aid, put a device in the hands of nearly all students in most
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