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Blue Tier 2: Tiered access to screens by grade band playbook
This priority sets a grade-band framework for school-issued devices including hands-on, print-based instruction in the earliest grades, shared cart-based devices in middle school, and one-to-one devices only in high school with real caregiver opt-in and safeguards. It pairs naturally with Healthy Defaults and the Social Media Use Policy, but it doesn’t require either one: a district can adopt this on its own.
Blue Tier 1: Social Media Use Policy Playbook
This priority moves social media out of the school’s official communication toolkit entirely, which means no staff-to-student contact on Instagram or TikTok, no team group chats on Snapchat, no student photos posted to a public school account without real parental consent. It also takes a closer look at the way social media is accessed and used at school by students by blocking social media access on school-issued devices, and preventing social media use for learning.
Blue Tier: Pick up the pace playbooks: Social Media Use Policy · Tiered Access to Screens by Grade Band · Tech AdvisoryCommittee (TAC)
Blue tier priorities ask a bit more of a district than Green: they touch handbooks, device management, and vendor review. They can be adopted locally, on a district's own timeline.
Green Tier: Ditch "Free" Screen Time · Phone-Free School Day · Healthy Defaults on School Devices Playbook
Three easy asks you can work on today in your district. Ditch Free Screen time, phone free schools, and healthy defaults on school issued devices.
Key Terms in EdTech
Having shared language gets us on the same page as district leadership faster. Use and share this guide.
How Students get around Filters and What to tell IT
Kids finding workarounds isn’t a reason to abandon defaults, filtering, or device restrictions — it’s part of why layered guardrails matter in the first place. Use this guide to feel informed, so the district doesn’t have to explain the basics before you can get to the actual ask. You don’t need to understand the technology deeply — you just need to know what to ask, and what a good answer sounds like.
Policy Priorities
EdTech Policy Priorities for Massachusetts with corresponding playbooks