Krishnan reviews DOE's new screen time guidance and its limitations
Krishnan outlines the DOE's September guidance: no individual devices for pre-K through grade 2, 30-minute limits for grades 3-5, 45 minutes for grades 6-8, no limits for high school, and exemptions for standardized testing. He argues mandates are needed.
These companies are pouring gasoline on this fire, all to generate profits for themselves.
Now in September, the Department of Education published new guidance on the use of artificial intelligence and screen time.
The new guidance is an important and necessary first step.
Now, most students from preschool through second grade will not be permitted to use individual devices in classrooms.
For students in the third through fifth grade, the policy recommends limiting the use of individual devices to 30 minutes, and for sixth through eighth grade, that limit is 45 minutes.
There are no screen time limits, however, for high school students, and the limits do not apply
The standardized testing.