‘Humans were built to learn from other humans’: The schools capping screen time

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Share A A A Schools are being pushed to curb classroom screen time amid increasing student anxiety and declining test scores, but experts warn that hasty bans could undo the benefits of teaching with tech.

NSW has announced plans to follow Victoria’s lead in capping students’ screen time, after federal Education Minister Jason Clare called for a digital detox in response to declining maths scores and literacy comprehension.

St Catherine’s principal Natalie Charles has introduced a delayed rollout of personal devices. Ruby Alexander St Catherine’s School in Toorak kept year 7 students off laptops for the first six weeks of term one, a trial that principal Natalie Charles said had “extraordinary” results.