Recommended Educational Content for Parents
Check out some of our favorite books, articles, podcasts, and documentaries that are all excellent resources to learn more about the dangers of tech in schools and the steps you can take to protect your kids.
Research:
AI
Beware of metacognitive laziness: Effects of generative artificial intelligence on learning
AI Meets The Classroom: Where Do Large Language Models Harm Learning?
The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers
Rampant AI Cheating Is Ruining Education Alarmingly Fast
Education Hazards of Generative AI
Experimental Evidence on Negative Impact of Generative AI on Scientific Learning Outcomes
Generative AI Can Harm Learning
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading And The Future of Critical Thinking
4 Worst Ways AI Has Affected School
EdTech
The EdTech Revolution Has Failed
An EdTech Tragedy?
Exploring the Negative and Gap-Widening Effects of EdTech on Young Children’s Learning Achievement
Middle-schoolers’ reading and processing depth in response to digital and print media
Detrimental Impact of Technological Tools on Handwriting
Devices
On or off task: The negative influence of laptops on neighboring students’ learning depends on how they are used
Examining the impact of off-task multi-tasking with technology on real-time classroom learning
Effects of Excessive Screen Time on Child Development: An Updated Review and Strategies for Management
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Science of AI in Education
Articles:
iPads Don’t Belong in School
Kids are Using A LOT of Tech at School.
Mark Zuckerberg Is Trying to Transform Education. This Town Fought Back
The Question We Should All Be Asking
Why We Should Let the Kids Drive the School Bus [SATIRE]
For Note Taking, Low-Tech Is Often Best
Kids Are Spending Too Much Class Time on Laptops
Technology can hurt students’ learning, research shows
Without Public Oversight, AI in Schools Will Do More Harm Than Good.
The False Promise of Device-Based Education
Why Opt Out?
Relationship Blockers in the Classroom
What Administrators, Superintendents, and Principals Need to Know
An Ed-Tech Tragedy?
'Educational' Screens In Classrooms Do More Harm Than Good
What’s the Problem With EdTech?
Phone-Free Schools Are Half the Solution
Get Tech Out of the Classroom Before It’s Too Late
Screens Have Taken Over Classrooms. Even Students Have Had Enough.
The Most Compelling Argument Against Tech in Schools
An Ed-Tech Tragedy
A Tech Industry Professional’s Case Against the EdTech Rush
We Letting Schools Poison Our Children
Resisting AI In Schools: It’s Time For Mass Refusal
Books:
The Screentime Solution
by Emily Cherkin
The Opt-Out Family
by Erin Loechner
Glow Kids
by Nicholas Kardaras, PhD
Irresistable
by Adam Atler
The Anxious Generation
by Jonathan Haidt
Better Than Real Life
by Richard Freed, PhD
Screen Schooled
by Matt Miles and Joe Clement
Who’s Raising the Kids
by Dr. Susan Linn
