Mom blasts school’s infuriating response to concerns over iPad use in 6th grade classroom | News World

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One mom is sounding the alarm after questioning her daughter’s school’s decision to issue mandatory iPads to all sixth-grade students.

In a post to social platform X, Heather Barr (@heatherbarr1) shared that when she questioned her daughter’s school about any evidence of educational benefit or harm associated with iPads in schools, the school responded by bringing in an Apple sales team.

The sales team gave the parents at the middle school a “hard sell” for the iPads as opposed to the school board or administration having an open dialogue to address concerns about excessive tech use in the classroom.

The post also included a screenshot from a recent New Yorker essay

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