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It’s not screens that are the problem, per se, but how they are used, and how schools and teachers were rely upon them to do every single little thing rather than using an appropriate methodology which integrates traditional teaching techniques which use technology to assist.
It often is the technology itself though. Or at least "the technology" defined in any way that's relevant here.
No one is proposing that we remove every computer from school buildings. The mistake appears to be the "one laptop per child" policies that made laptops and tablets essential to school instruction. Crucially, these devices could ever be justified because they also took the place of the students' books. Their books are on these devices. They don't have physical books anymore.
Frankly, probably the best part about them, potential eyestrain notwithstanding. Having a sack of bricks strapped to your back all day, or constant retreats to a locker, wasn't contributing to my quality of education, LOL. Having an electronic device as a reading and writing and proctoring tool, sensibly extended with the bare minimum of other capabilities, is not a bad thing at all, IMHO.
The problem is the loss of embodied and kinesthetic learning. Pencil and paper is fundamentally superior at teaching students, as they have to engage far more areas of the brain than they do if passively engaging with a tablet.