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Some parents don't want their kids to use tech at school. But districts are pushing back

  • 1.  Some parents don't want their kids to use tech at school. But districts are pushing back

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    For high school senior Aliyah Pack, getting distracted during school is the norm. Kids in her Pennsylvania school district use iPads starting in kindergarten, switch to Chromebooks in second grade and get their own MacBooks in eighth grade. Aliyah said she has difficulty focusing, and she finds it hard to concentrate when she's learning from a screen. She'll watch Netflix in class on her school laptop, hiding her earbuds behind her long, curly hair. "It's very hard to get into the mindset of being in school," Aliyah said. Aliyah's mother saw her grades were falling and asked the school to take away her laptop. But she was told that wasn't possible.

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    Michael Spurlin
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