Krishnan and Dinowitz close DOE questioning with follow-up items and concerns

Thank you.

I just wanted to just add one thing to the list we said before of things to follow up on.

I think Fiancema Murano had said a really good question, too, about for now, I think this is an immediate step you all could take, too.

How do you balance out in the screen time policy you all have in place, 30 or 45 minutes allowed?

Online assessments are exempted from that, but obviously that's also a loophole that could be a huge carve out if they're online assessments and they're screen time.

And so I would ask that you all look at ways to issue instructions to the school too, that that loophole shouldn't become something in addition to the screen time allowance right now too.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay.

I also, I know, Chair Krishna, I want to thank you.

I mean, there's significantly more to discuss, obviously.

I think it's clear that both there have been changes to policy made, that you're listening, but that there's also a lot more to do.

Families remain concerned.

Teachers remain concerned with the amount of screens in the school.

I still remain concerned about the PD.

That teachers are going to get, like what the policy actually looks like.

I still remain concerned about the research, the rubric that you're using for each of these technology companies, what that actually looks like.

I remain concerned about the data privacy audits, whether any have been done, and with that being shared with the public.

And so it's clear that the ideas for moving forward and keeping our kids safer there, and what we're really eager to do is make sure that we have

the best policy in the country, rooted in research, rooted in transparency,

rooted in evidence, and that we are all holding each other accountable to make sure our kids are getting the best education possible, that our kids are protected as they use these screens,

and if necessary, go back.

And determine, you know what, let's figure out a way to ban the gamified apps.

You know, let's work together to switch back to get this.

to switch us back to handwritten state assessments.

And that'll open up an entire world of better education, get rid of the excuse so many teachers feel they need to put screens in our kids'hands.

But again, I wanna, we will follow up with a number of the elements that we didn't get answers to today, but I do wanna thank you for coming, for answering the questions, and I look forward to a continued conversation because this is by no means

over and I encourage you to stay to hear some of the students testify and some of the community members testify as well.

Thank you so much again.

You know, it's hard to believe we announced the policy 13 days ago.

We're in the fourth instructional day of school.

We have much to learn.

I want to thank you so much for the opportunity today to have this conversation so publicly.

I know that a lot of the conversation today helped clarify some of the policy and raised really great feedback that we look forward to exploring with you throughout the school year.

And we can't wait to collect more stories about how implementation is going and bring those back to you.

So thank you today for the time.

Thank you.