Students are seen in a January 21, 2026 photo, singing during Mass at Regina Pacis Academy in Norwalk, Connecticut. Regina Pacis Academy, a preschool-to-eighth-grade independent Catholic school, was founded as a tech-free classical school. Instead of smartboards, devices and a computer lab, the academy has chalkboards, textbooks and a well-stocked library, said Kimberly Quatela, its principal. Photo: OSV News/courtesy Regina Pacis Academy. During the coronavirus pandemic, laptops allowed Holy Family School in Dale City, Virginia, to continue educating children even when distance or illness got in the way. But as the years went by, the educators began to see the drawbacks of the 1:1 device program. “Kids would gravitate toward using the Chromebook more as a tool…
