"This technology can be a tool. It is not the answer to education,” said McPherson's principal Inge Esping, who won Kansas' middle school 'principal of the year' award for 2025."
"Increasingly, schools like McPherson in other states such as North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Michigan are rethinking their policies of buying and assigning a laptop to every student."
"Studies show implementing technology in schools has reportedly coincided with either decreasing test scores or no progress at all for students."
"Jared Cooney Horvath, a neuroscientist and former teacher, said in written testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, that math and science scores have decreased as technology has been introduced in classrooms."
McPherson Middle School banned cell phones four years ago but continued using school-issued Chromebooks until recently. Administrators observed students misusing laptops for distractions instead of learning. The school now limits laptop use to specific assignments, with unused devices stored away. Principal Inge Esping emphasized that technology is not the solution to education. Other schools are reconsidering their laptop policies due to studies linking technology use to stagnant or declining test scores. Maine's laptop initiative did not improve test scores over 15 years, highlighting concerns about technology's effectiveness in education.
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