Articles

CNN, Students learn less when they use tech. So why do schools keep giving kids devices?

The Free Press, Jared Cooney Horvath, We Gave Students Laptops and Took Away Their Brains | paywall-free PDF

The New Yorker, What Will It Take To Get AI Out of Schools?

The New York Times, Silicon Valley Executives Are Tech Fans, Just Not for Their Own Kids | paywall-free PDF

After Babel, Amy Tyson, The False Promise of Device Based Education

National Education Policy Center, Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

"Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, instruction, collaboration, assessment, and communication. This policy brief highlights how these platforms are not neutral “tools” but complex ecosystems shaped by technical architectures, commercial imperatives, and political-economic interests."