People are talking about tech in Pennsylvania schools.
You've seen the K-12 “techlash” headlines.Here's what's happening on the ground. FYI
What we believe
Technology offers incredible promise in education and can also do incredible harm. Our goal is neither to promote or advocate against it, but to make this moment legible to parents, educators, technologists, and the general public.
Conversation intensity, last 90 days, 0 to 100
Colored by whether it leans in or pulls back on balance, shaded by how loud the conversation is.
More pulling backMore leaning inEven
Click a state to see individual school districts. Scores reflect publicly available information. See our methodology.
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State report
Pennsylvania
About 1.5M students · 162 districts checked86
Very loudRank 3 of 51 states above zeroHigh confidence · 73 signals in 50 events
Where the volume comes from
Loudest districts in Pennsylvania
Latest across Pennsylvania
- Quakertown board votes to join social media litigation, hires Motley Rice
- Philadelphia district to write districtwide phone policy under state law
- WESA: Pennsylvania school cellphone ban heads to governor
- WPXI: sponsors and exceptions in PA bell-to-bell phone bill
- Garnet Valley superintendent says state phone ban strains staffing
- Inquirer explains PA bell-to-bell school phone ban and reactions
- Senate sends school cellphone ban to Gov. Shapiro
- Ambridge board second reading of policies adding social media literacy and screen time language
Research coverage
We've checked 162 of 501 districts here so far. The rest are left blank on the map until we check them; blank means not checked, not silent. The state score uses every signal we've found statewide.
Pick any district on the map to open its report.
Pennsylvania districts with signals
last 90 daysWe also checked 122 other districts in Pennsylvania and found nothing in the last 90 days.
Totals
Signals, last 90 days
Districts with signals
States leaning in on balance
States pulling back on balance