Google Chromebooks
Coverage of Google Chromebooks in the Nexus archive.
- 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.
- Vermont students are losing a critical learning tool
Vermont students are losing access to effective spell-check functionality on Google Chromebooks, which is critical for learners, especially those with dyslexia. The author, a Vermont reading interventionist, argues that Google's focus on AI features has degraded basic tools, urging the state to withhold funding until the issue is resolved.