Dunno if NBC is repositioning, pushing a tendency, or both, but glad to see the indication that parents are taking the role that should never stopped being theirs.
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In sixth grade we got to go use the computer in the teacher's lounge to print out a topic from encarta. At secondary school we had to sign a set of rules for using the computer lab. At uni we had a proper user agreement with the IT department. Mostly because we had multiuser systems, e-mail and webhosting at our disposal.
My kid is still a few years from starting school. I'm hesitant to sign any Google EULA on her behalf.
As a teacher, I already have to teach half the kids how to even use a computer because they only ever used phones and tablets. And I am not going to be able to teach them programming without laptops.
I think it's fair to expect students to use computers in a programming class. I don't know if there's a need for students to be using computers for the entire school day
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If I was given a laptop in middle school or elementary school, I'd have gotten absolutely nothing done. We dicked around with the computers when we could use them once a week or so, let alone daily.
There will be parents that give a shit about how their kids learn to learn, and there will be others that dgaf, or at least bot enough of one, to keep their kids from just mashing the easy button and using “cheats” like AI. Unfortunately plenty of the latter will get management positions.