Education Expert Criticizes One-Size-Fits-All Screen Policies in U.S. Classrooms
At the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) conference, Cooper Sved, a sixth-grade teacher and CoSN fellow, criticized universal device bans and screen-time limits in U.S. classrooms. Sved argued that these policies fail to account for the diverse needs of students, such as multilingual learners and those with special education needs. He emphasized that effective educational technology should be responsive, supplementary, and a tool for differentiation, rather than the primary mode of delivering content. Sved also highlighted the tension between the necessity of technical literacy and the preservation of focused, human-centered instruction, noting that screens and artificial intelligence are inevitable parts of future society. 
