University of Chicago Law School AI strategy bans phones, laptops in class for first year students

The University of Chicago Law School is banning first-year students from using phones and laptops in the classroom as part of ...
Government Technology

University of Chicago Law School Limits In-Class Devices

Emphasizing the value of in-person engagement, the University of Chicago won't allow first-year law students to have personal ...
Education Week

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

Teachers’ and students’ use of artificial intelligence in K-12 classrooms is increasing at a rapid pace, prompting serious concerns about the potentially negative effects on students, a new report ...
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Parents challenge technology use in schools amid growing concerns

ARDMORE, Pa. (AP) — For high school senior Aliyah Pack, getting distracted during school is the norm. Kids in her Pennsylvania school district use iPads starting in kindergarten, switch to Chromebooks ...
OPB

In-class screen time is the next frontier in the school technology debate

Morgan Barnaby / OPB Missouri. Utah. LA Unified School District. Bend-La Pine Schools. Medford School District. They’re all taking steps to restrict the use of technology and screens in their ...
Education Week

What Educators Really Think About the Benefits of Tech Use in Schools

Technology offers too many distractions from learning. It gives kids easy-to-access, sophisticated tools to cheat. And it prevents students from engaging in the cognitive struggles that are the ...
The New York Times

How Much Screen Time Is Your Child Getting at School? We Asked 350 Teachers.

Devices really do help make learning more flexible, accessible and engaging. Christina Barreto Sixth grade, Yonkers, N.Y. Teachers are constantly competing with their Chromebooks for attention. Wesley ...
VTDigger

Legislation would regulate what technology kids use for learning. Lawmakers and advocates say it’s overdue.

Students in Windy Kelley’s fifth grade classroom at Union Elementary School in Montpelier work on computers. File photo by Roger Crowley/for VTDigger Blake Fabrikant is the dean of students at Sharon ...