[CASL-L] Wanted to share this...anyone else see the NYT article??

Melissa Thom melissa_thom at whps.org
Mon Apr 13 07:24:25 PDT 2026


Good Morning,

I have been having so many conversations with other educators about how it
would be so nice to have more of a balance between tech and analog teaching
and learning.

This was a recent article about reducing chromebooks in schools that was
very timely.

Melissa


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