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Swain County board: state law, principals pushing to reduce classroom screen time and cellphone use
Summary
Board members discussed reducing student screen time and strengthening teachers’ authority to require devices be put away; no district-wide written guidelines were adopted at the meeting.
School leaders and board members discussed reducing classroom screen time and increasing teacher authority over student digital devices, though the board did not adopt formal, written guidelines at the meeting.
The superintendent told the board that “there is legislation that has passed, that strengthens the position of our teachers and our schools to not have communication technology operating during class time.” She clarified that limited uses of technology (for example…
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