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Hi, I’m Lori Higgins for Chalkbeat Detroit, here with your morning roundup of education news.

Some schools across the country are scaling back on education technology, especially in the early grades. But there’s one thing stopping them from completely ditching technology such as Chromebooks. Ideas Editor Matt Barnum’s latest piece says that one thing is standardized testing, much of which is done online. You can read more here, including what questions this raises.

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