There is a move by some parents back to screen free education. Over the past decade or so, schools have become more and more screen dependent and studies now show it may be to the detriment of kids. Pen and paper are all the rage again. These 'screen free' schools come with a hefty price, however, and are out of reach for most families. The answer to that is more school choice.
I think about this @pschofie79 tweet all the time. https://t.co/PLPg5ddDqo pic.twitter.com/GvzUURy6k2
— Tyler Austin Harper (@Tyler_A_Harper) March 17, 2026
Allow parents to use tax dollars to enroll their student in one of these 'old-fashioned' schools. Educators can start full schools or even small 'microschools' where licensed Educators take in 5-10 students in the style of the old one room schoolhouse models. The tax dollars could easily fund the teacher's salary and allow Educators to practice their skills in other settings than government schools. The other benefit of screen free education is students don't have access to AI like ChatGPT and instructors can ensure student work is ACTUALLY their work.
I spent 17 years on the board of a private school and this is already the case from what I can tell — but it also applies to a lot of more affordable Christian and/or classical schools. https://t.co/4ocBG2gXI4
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) March 18, 2026
Can confirm that my fancy private school in Seattle has gone no screens.
— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) March 17, 2026
In the (maybe near) future, rich parents who care about their kids’ education will spend a mint sending their kids to schools stripped of technology, resembling more the schoolhouses of the 19th century than the tech-crammed spaces of modern public schools. https://t.co/dJfJKOEboS
— James A. Furey (@JamesAFurey) July 25, 2025
People who are not in Education spaces really underestimate how much AI is affecting the work product teachers receive. Teachers may suspect work is from ChatGPT, for example, but it often can't be definitely proven and leads to consternation between teachers and families.
It’s not just “elite” private schools. Here’s an ad for my kids’ tiny rural Catholic elementary. It’s not “no tech” but it’s directionally relevant, and it costs less than $3500. pic.twitter.com/oFjATJa81B
— Smac (@SamMacD86958750) March 18, 2026
I send my daughter to a low-tech private Catholic school; but I'm no elite, lol - the school is $2,700/yr.
— Rob Wood ✝️ INTJ (@Abe_Kuyper) March 18, 2026
This is already happening in the evangelical Christian private school world - at least my area: schools that cost b/w $5.8k - $22k are all committed to low- to no-tech
There are feasible options for parents particularly with school choice funds.
Parents like having their kids on an electronic leash too much. Schools would love to ban phones, but parents can't bear the thought that their kids aren't available to text or talk to at all times.
— Gruntled (@NeverTr74704466) March 17, 2026
My kids Sea public MS is phone free. But the prinicpal went rogue on that. I can't shake the vision of a weird bifurcation of cultural consumption at large where an increasingly sub-literate, neuro-compromised class gets the slop and drifts into a caste.
— BossLog (@SerfyMcDoomscrl) March 17, 2026
Maybe the happy medium is smaller schools parents deem safe so they don't think their kids need constant phones and then pencil and paper instruction. Everything old is new again.
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