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School screentime limits are all that rage these days. However, not everyone is a fan, and among those who are concerned is Instructure’s Tracy Weeks.
The company’s most well-known product, Canvas, isn’t the focus of any particular concern that I know of, but it would be negatively affected by any broad-brush screentime limits that a district or state adopted.
“There seems to be this temptation to throw the baby out with the bathwater going on right now,” says Weeks, referring to ‘purpose-built’ education technology as opposed to the other kind. “And we don’t want that to happen.”
Previously from The Grade
Here come screen time limits (featuring ECS’s Lauren Bloomquist)
Edtech update: Beyond LAUSD & NYC (featuring NBC’s Tyler Kingkade)
A defense of i-Ready, 2026’s edtech poster child (featuring Curriculum Associates’ Ty Holmes)
