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Schools without computers — by choice and conviction that they don’t help kids (ajc)
If you read Tuesday’s blog entry on **the startling numbers of babies and
toddlers** parked in front of TVs and computers screens, take a look at** this
New York Times story **on how many Silicon Valley computer execs — including
the chief technology officer of eBay — send their kids to the Waldorf school,
a school that shuns technology in its classrooms.
**(There is a Waldorf school in Decatur.)**
According to the story:
> But the school’s chief teaching tools are anything but high-tech: pens and
paper, knitting needles and, occasionally, mud. Not a computer to be found. No
screens at all. They are not allowed in the classroom, and the school even
frowns on their use at home.
>
> Schools nationwide have rushed to supply their classrooms with computers,
and many policy makers say it is foolish to do otherwise. But the contrarian
point of view can be found at the epicenter of the tech economy, where some
parents and educators have a message: computers and schools don’t mix.
>
> This is the
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