Missouri proposal reignites debate over Chromebooks in schools
A proposal in the Missouri Legislature to scale back the use of Chromebooks in schools has sparked debate among educators, parents and health professionals about how much technology belongs in the classroom.
5 things your Chromebook can do that most people don't realize
For the longest time, my Chromebook was a Gmail-and-Netflix machine. I’d have Chrome open, a few tabs going, and that was the extent of it. After realizing some of the downsides of Chromebooks when I …
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TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the app. Here's how to stop it
TikTok is growing its data harvesting empire, and avoiding the app won’t protect you – but some easy steps can keep you safe.TikTok keeps track of everything you do on its app – no surprises there. What's less obvious is how the company follows you around other parts of the internet that have nothing
5 tips for high-impact, student-centered math professional learning
Across the country, math performance remains stubbornly flat or declining. District leaders feel immense pressure to reverse these trends, especially as postpandemic recovery slows, and achievement gaps widen. In many places, the instinct is to focus on curriculum — upgrading materials, adopting new programs or layering on additional tools. After nearly a decade working with […]
New AAP ‘Screen Time’ Recommendations Focus Less on Screens, More on Family Time - EdSurge News
While the pediatric group previously recommended two hours or less of screen time a day, a decade later, the American Academy of Pediatrics is getting ...
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Close Screens Open Minds | Challenge the adoption of EdTech
Close Screens Open Minds is building a comprehensive evidence-based resource for parents, press, and policymakers to challenge the adoption of EdTech in schools.
ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree | Electronic Frontier Foundation
We need to have a hard look at the surveillance industry. It is a key enabler of vast and untold violations of human rights and civil liberties, and it continues to be used by aspiring autocrats to threaten our very democracy. As long as it exists, the surveillance industry, and the data it generates, will be an irresistible tool for anti-democratic forces.
Court Rules That Ripping YouTube Clips Can Violate the DMCA
A federal court in California has ruled that YouTube creators who use stream-ripping tools to download clips for reaction and commentary videos may face liability under the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions -- a decision that could reshape how one of the platform's most popular content genres ope...
10 Policy Recommendations To Address Cellphone Use in Schools - Center for American Progress
As school leaders raise concerns about student cellphone use in schools, policymakers can look to domestic and international examples to create student-centered policies.
The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior: Bertrand Russell’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech – The Marginalian
“Nothing in the world is more exciting than a moment of sudden discovery or invention, and many more people are capable of experiencing such moments than is sometimes thought.”
AI “digital helper” Lena Health breach exposed some Houston Methodist patients’ medical info (1)
On June 1, 2025, the California Applicants' Attorneys Association reported that Serviceaide, a provider of AI-powered healthcare software, had suffered a data b