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When school communities split over student technology policies

Our school's technology policy committee is completely deadlocked between parents who want devices banned and parents who think we need to embrace technology, and we're supposed to make recommendations but every meeting just becomes people talking past each other. The kids are caught in the middle of this adult inability to find middle ground.

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What we've seen

A group committed to children's welfare has become so attached to their positions that they cannot access their shared wisdom.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and children — the debate?”

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