School Without Screens

The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board voted to restrict students’ use of laptops and tablets in class and encourage pen-and-paper assignments instead, making it the first major American school system to do so.

The sweeping resolution, which passed 6-0 with one recusal, requires the district to create a screen time policy for each grade and subject, prohibit students in first grade and younger from using devices, clarify the process for parents to opt their child out of using technology at school, and audit its education technology contracts.

The resolution is a remarkable change in direction for the nation’s second-largest school district following several years of investment in education technology, or ed tech, which was championed by Superintendent Alberto Carvalho.

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