Schools across America are quietly admitting that screens in classrooms made students worse off and are reversing years of tech-first policies

Schools across America, including McPherson Middle School in Kansas, are phasing out school-issued laptops after finding they caused distractions and failed to improve academic outcomes. Studies and reports indicate that widespread technology use in classrooms correlates with declining math and science scores, prompting schools to revert to traditional methods like pen-and-paper note-taking.