I recently submitted testimony to the DC City Council on the surge of screen time and EdTech in schools. I’m joining parents to call for: 1️⃣ A tech audit 2️⃣ Pausing new spending until efficacy is proven 3️⃣ A framework for AI safety Read my full testimony here: 🔗 lims.dccouncil.gov/Hearings/hea...

The massive Canvas breach raises new concerns about data security, on top of the privacy issues already brought up by the i-Ready litigation. It's a reminder of the risks that come with putting so much student information onto these digital platforms.

It’s official: I’m running to be the DC State Board of Education Ward 3 representative! I support: ✅High academic standards (Reading full books!) ✅One nurse in every school ✅Sensible screen time & AI policies ✅Transparency for families Join me: www.aaron4ward3.com

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... Couldn’t agree more!

This somewhat slipped under the radar, but the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights issued a reporting finding that @dcpublicschools.bsky.social had violated federal laws by denying students with disabilities a free and appropriate public education: www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

iPads in Kindergarten, YouTube on Breaks: The School Screen-Time Battle www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/n... Kids’ school related screen time, both in school and then homework, is just exploding. It’s especially concerning when you’ve worked as a parent to really limit screen time all along.

“If deep reading cultivates empathy,” Joel Halldorf writes, “the attention-fracturing, dopamine-hitting, scroll-spurring design of digital media often undermines it”:

Wherever you stand on the DC Mayor’s race, one thing is clear: Only one of the two frontrunners is attending community forums, answering tough questions, and working to earn your vote by showing up.

Really appreciated hearing from the mayoral candidates who bothered to show up for tonight’s DC Public Education Candidate Forum about the their priorities for DC schools. #Vote4PublicSchools

www.thebanner.com/education/k-... Unfortunately, DC schools aren’t the only local school district where there’s a shift away from reading full-length books. Parents and teachers in Montgomery County are raising concerns there, too.

DC celebrates boost in college grant program for students

www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/dc-pu... I’ll be attending and asking mayoral candidates how they plan to maintain and expand school budgets, whether they support giving the State Board of Ed additional oversight authority, and whether they support reading books in schools.

“But more pointed toward the curriculum products their schools had purchased from major publishers. “Those programs often revolve around students reading short stories, articles, and excerpts from novels, then answering short-form questions and writing brief essays.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...

By focusing directly on foundational skills and dedicating scheduled time for support, middle and high schools can empower teens to become a confident, successful readers.

I wrote an op-ed for The 51st arguing that DCPS middle-schoolers need to be reading full-length novels to build concentration, empathy, and strong foundational reading skills 51st.news/opinion-dcps...

Staff at Alice Deal Middle School made the decision this year to remove all full-length novels from the 8th grade curriculum. It's a mistake, current parent @aaronweso.bsky.social writes, arguing that "reading full novels has real and important benefits for middle school-age children and in life."

“Placement, not ability, seems to be the driver.” www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

DOGE cuts, furloughs, and the toll of working without pay during the shutdown have devastated local families. One buffer that keeps neighborhoods from unraveling: Investing in community schools, Eboni-Rose Thompson argues in this opinion piece.