Kelly Evans
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Kelly Evans
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CNBC anchor of "The Exchange" and “Power Lunch.” Come help babysit anytime. Follow me on LinkedIn or sign up directly for my newsletter - link below!


Kids in Lower Merion school district in Pennsylvania get iPads starting in kindergarten, switch to Chromebooks in second grade and get their own MacBooks in eighth grade. Hundreds of parents signed a petition asking to preserve their ability to opt their children out of using digital devices during the school day. The school district has pushed back, saying it’s not feasible to let hundreds of students opt out of technology that is essential to the curriculum.


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JUST IN: Reading scores for students in grades 3 through 8 have fallen in 47 of 50 states since 2015.






NYT: There has been a collapse in reading scores among rich and poor students alike. For math, rich students have recovered most of what they lost.







"At a packed school board policy committee meeting Monday, district officials reiterated that parents could not opt out — at times drawing shouts from the crowd. But they suggested that they might impose specific limits on screen time in school." inquirer.com/education/lowe…

"There shouldn't be a classroom in America from kindergarten to PhD where you're allowed to use your personal devices," says @ArthurBrooks. "We're rewiring their brains to become lonely and depressed." cnb.cx/4tulKVu





