Every school can tell you how long pupils spent on a screen. Far fewer can tell you what it changed.
Screen time is easy to count, so it became the headline. Learning impact is hard to measure, so it became a footnote. This article makes the case for swapping them back and gives leaders a practical way to do it.
WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY
Why usage data misleads.
How “minutes on platform” quietly becomes a target and bends behaviour in both directions without moving progress.
The sequence most schools run backwards.
Technology first, outcome last and what flipping the order does to procurement decisions.
A four-question test for any platform.
Four questions to put to any edtech tool before renewal including the one most vendors dread.
What high-impact schools do differently.
They are rarely the schools using technology the most and the reason is instructive.
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Emma Ringe
Global Schools Director, Whizz Education
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