Comment by Suppafly

>I definitely agree that just giving kids a laptop/chromebook instead of books is not working.

I'm not really sure why people are pretending it's an either/or situation. Plenty of things are taught just fine or better with technology, but books still have a purpose.

>My own child and her friends just don't have the focus required, and easily get distracted out to email, group chats, everything else going on right next to the text.

That stuff is usually blocked or limited on school owned laptops. If it's not your child's school is failing at something that is very basic.