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America's tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices (apnews.com)
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[–] Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 hours ago

I saw somewhere that general tech in schools makes students worse overall by 2/3 of a standard deviation. A class on it is an great approach, and the constant live experimentation on our youth education needs to stop. The pain of learning isn’t optional, I say.