What if It’s Not the Phones?
An evolutionary psychologist is challenging the popular understanding of kids and technology.
Candice Odgers: What we're getting wrong about teens and tech | TED Talk
For years, the warning has been: smartphones are destroying a generation. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that decades of data on teens tells a different story — violence, alcohol use and pregnancy are at historic lows, and research shows social media may not actually be the culprit for mental health problems. Hear her analysis of what’s really troubling kids these days, and why banning them from online spaces may make things worse.
Balanced by Design — K–12 Screen Time Leadership Program
A four-month program helping K–12 districts build proactive, evidence-based screen time policy.
AI and the Techlash
There’s a groundswell of negative public sentiment towards digital technologies at the moment, and AI is part of it. In this article I’ll look at where GenAI sits in the current techlash, and suggest that the real target of the techlash isn't the technology at all; it's the system that produced it.
School Cellphone Ban Study Finds Mixed Results
Cellphone bans got devices out of students’ hands, according to the first large study. But behavior and academics have not improved, at least so far.
Several states — and the LA public schools — are setting limits on screen time
Four states have recently passed legislation to limit teaching and assessments via screens for students. So has the United States' second-largest school district.
Opinion | You Can’t Game Your Way to a Real Education
Technology must return to its proper place in the classroom — as a supplemental tool rather than the source and summit of education.
“People are mistaking kids’ preference for deep biological reality,” Jared Cooney Horvath, a neuroscientist who consults with schools on digital policy, told me. “My daughter loves Popsicles. I have a choice: I could meet her where she’s at and start every meal with a Popsicle. But that doesn’t change the fact that, biologically, Popsicles aren’t good for her, and she needs some vegetables.”
Schools Beyond Screens | Support Safer Learning Tech
Advocating for responsible tech use in schools to reduce screen time, protect student privacy, and promote effective learning methods.
In Backlash Against Tech in Schools, Parents Are Winning Rollbacks
From Salt Lake City to New York City, parents are demanding more sway over the digital tools that schools give children.
Legislation would regulate what technology kids use for learning. Lawmakers and advocates say it's overdue. - VTDigger
"As there was with social media, there is a mountain of data, and it just keeps growing, that these products don't do what they told us they were going to do," Rep. Angela Arsenault, D-Williston, a lead sponsor of the legislation.
Screens in Balance: Education, Technology, and Community Conversations | CoSN
2025 Blaschke Report & Toolkit The ubiquity of screens in American K-12 schools has become a pressing and controversial issue in public education. This report examines the different ways screens appear in classrooms and homes. It also examines how educators, families, and policymakers can work together to navigate their inevitable…