Education · Devices · Regulation
Schools are starting to take the screens back out of the classroom
What is changing
Parent and voter support for restricting phones and one-to-one devices in school is rising, and some districts are reversing device programmes after weak results. The decade-long push to put a screen in front of every student is meeting organised pushback.
Why it matters
Edtech built on assumed one-to-one device access can no longer take that access for granted.
Opportunity
Design for shared, intermittent or paper-plus-digital use, and lead with measured learning outcomes rather than engagement.
Risk
Products that require constant individual screen time now face policy risk, not just adoption risk.
Early evidence
What Quettor is checking next
How many device rollbacks hold for a full school year rather than a single term?