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Four leaders had barely arrived at Annunciation Church and School in Minneapolis when they found themselves helping a wounded community to heal and find a way toward hope.

Students are seen in a May 22, 2025, photo, engaging in the classroom at Regina Pacis Academy in Norwalk, Conn. 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.  (OSV News photo/courtesy Regina Pacis Academy)
Why some Catholic schools are going low-tech in the age of AI

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.