Iowa, for example, passed a law that limited digital instruction for elementary students. ‘Technology can’t replace good teaching’Popular educational apps provide tools for classroom instruction, collaboration and skill-building, as schools reconsider how digital technology can support—rather than replace—effective teaching. At the district’s only direct-run school, The Leah Chase School, technology “remains a part of the student learning experience,” she wrote, without giving any further detail. How students use screens mattersA laptop and smartphone, digital devices that became central to student learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated policies also reflect an emerging emphasis on age-appropriate screen use, student well-being and ensuring that technology can support, rather than replace, direct instruction and student collaboration.