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.
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Recommended Reading:
Digital Delusion by Jared Cooney Horvath
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
Articles:
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 (New York Times, November 2025)
Informative websites:
The Screentime Consultant (Emily Cherkin)
Screen Strong (Check out their “SOLUTIONS” tab for curriculum for kids about their brains and screens!)
The Anxious Generation (Jonathan Haidt)
Digital Delusion Interview (Jared Covey Horvath)
First Fish (Emily Cherkin: Dismantling EdTech)
Unplug EdTech Toolkit (Emily Cherkin)
Podcasts:
Scrolling to Death Podcast (Currently covering the trial on Big Tech and kids)
Apple News: How chatbots and AI are already transforming kids' classrooms
More organizations doing the work:
Distraction-Free Schools Policy Project
Go Away and Let them Play (Seattle Parent, Elizabeth Hunter)
Let Grow Play Club (Adult Free Play)
Schools Beyond Screens (LA Parents Coalition)
Seattle School District resources:
SPS Elementary Technology Policy
Network Use Agreement (Upper grades)
