It’s time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It’s not just because they’re less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
Resources
Tips & Templates
Email Templates: Includes questions for school administrators and inquiring about opting-out. More to come!
3 EdTech Questions to ask your child’s teacher (Spanish version)
Opt-Out Survey Form: SFIT connects you with caregivers in the same school exploring these issues.
Unplug EdTech Toolkit: by Emily Cherkin
I Refused the School-Issued Chromebook for my Middle-Schooler. You Can Too. Here’s How. by Emily Cherkin
Kuta Software (Math worksheets for Grades 6+)
Initiatives & Orgs
Let Grow Play Club, adult-free play for kids
Schools Beyond Screens,an LA parent-led coalition
The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt
Books & Blogs
The Digital Delusion by Jared Cooney Horvath
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
First Fish: Dismantling EdTech by Emily Cherkin
Go Away and Let them Play by Elizabeth Hunter
Screen Strong: Check out their “solutions” tab for curriculum for kids about their brains and screens!
Digital Delusion Interview: by Jared Covey Horvath
Podcasts & Interviews
How chatbots and AI are already transforming kids' classrooms, via Apple News
The Digital Delusion: Interview, with Jared Covey Horvath
SPS Information
Network Use Agreement for upper grades
SFIT Petition to SPS School Board, presented April 22, 2026
In the news:
The Movement is Growing
Los Angeles becomes the first major school district to require screen time limits, NBC News, April 2026
iPads in Kindergarten, YouTube on Breaks: The School Screen-Time Battle, The New York Times, March 2026
Parents are opting kids out of school laptops, returning them to pen and paper, NBC News, February 2026
The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents, Fortune, February 2026
The Screen That Ate Your Child’s Education, The New York Times, November 2025