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Parents urge district to limit in-class Chromebook use, citing student distraction and declining test scores
Summary
Public commenters told the board that pervasive Chromebook and screen use in middle-school classes contributes to distraction and may correlate with lower math and reading proficiency; one speaker, a longtime middle-school teacher, urged a return to computer labs or carts for focused instruction.
Two residents urged the board to reassess classroom technology use, arguing that expanded Chromebook access in middle grades is creating distractions and may be related to declining standardized test performance.
Meredith McGlinchey, a Springfield Township parent and middle-school teacher in a neighboring district, said the district’s test-score declines began before the COVID-19 pandemic and urged administrators to evaluate whether constant desktop…
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