LAUSD Reversing themselves on 1 to 1 and computer usage in schools
Saw this in my newsfeed this morning.
"The Los Angeles Unified School District will ban screens for students below second grade in response to community-wide pushback against tech use.
Starting in August, the new policy will restrict preschool- through first-grade-aged students from accessing screens while also limiting usage for older students, according to the Los Angeles Times. Here are the details, according to the news outlet:
2nd/3rd grade: Limited to 20 minutes of screen time (including homework)
4th/5th grade: Limited to 30 minutes (starting in November)
Middle school: One hour of screen time spread throughout the week in each class (6 hours total per week)
High school: 1.5 hours (can’t exceed 10 hours per week)"
If you go digging around the internet with the terms "LAUSD" and "Standardized Testing" you'll find that LAUSD uses online testing to deliver, among others, the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) beginning in the 3rd grade.
So, completely change the state's standardized testing or figure out a way to teach keyboarding for those 3rd graders. Otherwise, test scores are not going to go up.
In the "Can't wait" column:
- Seeing the response from the taxpayers for the funding to make this work.
- Waiting to see what Texas does in response.