Alternative Public Schools & Traditional Education

In our city in Washington State there are 10 different 'alternative' schools, covering needs for everything from special education to behavioral issues and optional programs like "project based learning."

Not one of the alternatives offered is traditional education where students have limited access to screens & phones, despite increasing evidence that allowing school children access to phones and laptops during school hours is having a concrete negative impact on outcomes:

Electronics in Classrooms Lead to Lower Test Scores

Misguided Use of Ed Tech Is A Big Problem

New College Students Can't Do Fractions

Students Who Use Digital Devices In Class Perform Worse In Exams

Students Increasingly Unprepared For College

Students Are Entering College Unable To Block

Digital Distractions In Class Linked To Lower Academic Performance

Are there any alternative education options anywhere in the US that offer this option?

If not... why not?

Why allow so many other alternative approaches to education but not one option for the method proven for generations to work at least relatively well?

NOTE: I'm not advocating for removing tech from all the schools, just wondering why there's so much public funding for alternative education experiments but seemingly zero for traditional education.

Submitted January 05, 2025 at 11:02AM by MacThule https://ift.tt/dDi91LI