Don’t miss this webinar— ADHD and kids and school computers and what parents can do! open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...

First Fish member perks!https://open.substack.com/pub/firstfish/p/live-office-hours-thursday-dec-18?r=250yb9&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

Please share with school leaders we need their help open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...

FOLLOW THE MONEY open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...

A beautiful guest essay today. open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...

My testimony to the NTIA about EdTech harms. open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...

Free webinar next week! Please join us! open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...

A must-read essay by Julie Liddell of the EdTech Law Center about the harms caused to children on school-issued tech. If you are at all concerned about social media harms, you should be equally concerned about EdTech. open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...

open.substack.com/pub/firstfis... @andyliddell.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/firstfis... My testimony to UK Parliament.

Should Seattle Public Schools allow students to use GenAI? Or adopt an “away for the day” cellphone policy? SPS parent @emilycherkin.bsky.social takes a look and asks the key questions district leaders must answer about technology in the classroom:

NEW: @emilycherkin.bsky.social lays out the key questions families should insist Seattle Public Schools answer about AI in the classroom, cell phones, and technology more broadly.

We are going to have to ask some tough questions. Here’s a list to get you started. open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...

A common misconception— EdTech is NOT Tech Ed. open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...

I’m writing at First Fish Chronicles on Substack now. Swim on over! Here’s a top 5 favorite resources post to start things off: open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...

Why saying no to AI in schools means saying no to EdTech. My hot take. Please share if you feel inclined. thescreentimeconsultant.com/resources/bl...

I’ve seen how big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman

"We need stop pretending that generative AI tools are doing anything other than acting as a substitute for the effortful thinking that we want students to be undertaking so as to build their own knowledge, in their own heads, in their own minds." open.substack.com/pub/buildcog...

Hey NYC area folks-come to this! thescreentimeconsultant.com/events/lets-...

There are some really weird things going on in this NYT story that is purportedly about using "AI" for child therapy. Would you care to join me for a short thread exploring just a few of them? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/m...

Teacher vs. Tech Giant Former teacher Emily Cherkin is suing PowerSchool, claiming the ed-tech giant sells students data without consent. With data from 440+ school districts, the lawsuit alleges PowerSchool profits from sharing sensitive info like grades and health records.

As I've been saying over and over on our book tour for The AI Con, the inevitability argument (including in the form of "AI is here to stay") is an attempt to steal our agency. We don't have to accept that and I encourage everyone to refuse it.

The continued refrain of "kids need to have access to technology now so they can be successful in the future" just simply doesn't make sense when you look at the childhoods of some of the wealthiest, most powerful, most successful titans of the tech industry.

Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but. It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI

New essay. Not all change is progress. thescreentimeconsultant.com/blog/childre...

Here is a teacher, presumably of third or fourth grade, excited to use AI to grade the work of their students, planning not to tell them, asking for advice on how to navigate around any ethical concerns raised by the school principal. This isn't where we are headed, it's where we are right now.

“This year, your child’s teacher might give incorrect information anywhere from 5-50% of the time.” What parent would want their child in a class like that??

Welcome to BlueSky, Emily! Earlier this week we had a fun (if sobering) conversation about AI in education. You can watch the webinar here: thescreentimeconsultant.com/video-librar...

Kicking off my Blue Sky experience with this essay I wrote, inspired by a webinar I did with @benjaminjriley.bsky.social: thescreentimeconsultant.com/blog/resisti...