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Berkeley County Schools launches summer device pilot as critics warn of risks
Summary
The Berkeley County Board of Education supported a superintendent proposal to pilot allowing students to keep district-issued devices over summer to speed fall instruction; board members and public commenters raised concerns about screen time, device loss and accountability.
Berkeley County Schools Superintendent Dr. Jason Sachs told the board on May 19 that the district will pilot allowing students in grades K–11 to keep district-issued devices over the summer to let teachers start diagnostics earlier in August. "By allowing students to keep their devices over the summer, we're helping them show up ready with their devices charged, tools in hand, preparing to learn," Sachs said, describing the pilot as modeled on other districts and explicitly reversible if it does not produce clear instructional or operational benefits.
The initiative is aimed at getting instructional diagnostics, including i-Ready assessments, into students' hands earlier than the district's recent experience of a 5–6…
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