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Schools across America are quietly admitting that screens in classrooms made students worse off and are reversing years of tech-first policies (fortune.com)
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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

But after these funds dried up, schools have struggled to replace broken or outdated devices, which last on average less than a decade despite Google’s efforts to extend device life spans.

HA

[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago

Right?

"What's that Google? When you design things from the ground up with planned obsolescence in mind, it's suddenly hard to UNDO the mess you made of the hardware? Who would have thunk it."

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