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The teachers pushing back on screens in schools

On Point by WBUR

Sep 7, 202600:40:25News & Politics

It's not just phones anymore. More teachers and even entire U.S. school districts are cutting back the time students spend on laptops and other screens. How do students really learn -- and do screens help or hurt? *** Th...

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