Imagine if SMMUSD could move this quickly! LAUSD board discusses plan for screentime limits
Just a few weeks after unanimously resolving to limit screentime in the classroom, LAUSD has already proposed and is evaluating a plan for next school year: https://edsource.org/updates/lausd-unveils-preliminary-plan-to-curb-screentime?fbclid=IwY2xjawR525hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFLTDZUWW03YlZUUURCQXRzc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHm0RSfTvgWEr_jlTbrfn8bYa48kpk0uzhf8WR09EHZW8mtr04JatNwfbWHMQ_aem_TnlkXftYU7ugrcq8UKzUpg
Highlights: The proposed guidance includes limits and recommendations on screen time, including:
--A limit of zero minutes per day for early education through first grade
--A limit of zero to 20 minutes per day for second and third grade
--A limit of zero to 30 minutes per day for fourth and fifth grade
--Recommended 60-120 minutes per day for sixth through eighth grade
--Recommended 90-180 minutes per day for ninth through 12th grade
The proposal also changes the default to avoid 1:1 take-home devices, unless parents opt their child in. And personalized learning that took place for kindergartners and first graders will now be led by teachers instead of i-Ready.
Please Dr. Shelton, and please SMMUSD, don't convene a committee and spend endless meetings debating what we should already be doing -- and what our neighboring district will be soon.