Kansas Legislature plans on implementing screen time in schools. This would limit the amount of time elementary, middle, and high school children would spend on devices such as computers and tablets during school hours.

“The total amount of time that a student spends on a school-issued digital device during normal school hours shall not exceed one hour and 30 minutes per school day,” said The House Committee on Education.

Not only are they limiting screen time in school, they’re also limiting it outside of school as well.

“Any assignments or homework that require the use of a school issued digital device outside of normal school hours shall not require a student to use such digital device for more than one hour per day to complete such assignments or homework,” said The House Committee on Education.

Nowadays, students are constantly surrounded by screens. Especially in college, students will spend a lot of time on their computers.

“While the typical student may spend about as much time online doing homework or research as on other online activities, almost half (40%) of students reported spending between 3 and 4 hours a day working online; these results were largely similar across Carnegie class, ethnicity, and gender,” said Educause.

The extreme difference between screen times in college and high school could potentially be detrimental to a student. Especially on someone who hasn’t been on screens for a while.

“Even if you’re pursuing postgraduate study, such as a Master of Business Administration or a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, managing screen fatigue is crucial for maintaining your overall wellbeing and academic success,” said the Australian College of Applied Professions.

Most professions in this day and age will be using screens of some sort for the majority of the day.

“The analysis finds that 92% of jobs analyzed require digital skills,” said the National Skills Coalition.

The main takeaway is, the world is developing to become more digital and less pen and paper. Students need the time to develop their computer skills to prepare for the real world otherwise students will be extremely underprepared in the workforce.

“Previous NSC research found one-third of workers don’t have the foundational digital skills necessary to enter and thrive in today’s jobs. Together, these findings point to a significant digital skill divide,” said the National Skills Coalition.