Brian Lear on WNYC now the case we're getting tech out of the classroom. Our devices and screens in K-12 classrooms doing more harm than good, even when educators

think they're deploying them in the service of education?

That's a question posed by a recent New York Times opinion column which highlights the drawbacks

with tech in schools, things like distraction and the potential for exposure to inappropriate content.

The piece describes how a group of parents in San Luis Obispo, California, for example,

successfully lobbied to block YouTube on school-issued laptops

after discovering that students were using it during class.

It also discusses the lack of oversight and evidence that tech companies and their products improve educational

outcomes despite the millions of dollars spent by schools on software and services.

The article concludes that it's time to reframe the conversation around

tech in schools and consider the long-term impact on students' critical thinking

skills and overall well-being. The piece is headlined,

Get Tech out of the classroom before it's too late.

And it's from opinion writer Jessica Gross, who joins me now.

Hi, Jessica, welcome back to WNYC.

Glad you could join us. Hi, thanks so much for having me.

I'm really happy to be here.

And listeners, we'll open up the phones on this right away, educators, parents, where do you stand on this?

How do tech and screens benefit your children or students and what are the

drawbacks? 212-433. WNYC you can weigh in on particular devices in schools or as our guest Jessica Gross poses the

question in her recent column, Get Tech out of the classroom before it's too late or I'm posing the question should we get

tech out of the classroom and what is too late mean?

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