Learning isn't natural. Teachers need to teach, not just "guide" or "nurture."

Bring back textbooks , write Sophie Winkleman and David James in The Spectator . In Britain, as in the U.S., schools have embraced online learning and "one-to-one" devices, they write. Students swipe and scroll between tabs, "some educational and some not," while the teacher tries to keep the class "on task." Textbooks "are slandered as boring compared with online resources, which offer video clips, audio, 3D modelling and other seductive 21st-century ‘essentials’," they writ

“When tech enters education, learning goes down,” neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath told a U.S. Senate subcommittee. His testimony went viral . In The Digital Delusion , Horvath makes the case that declining test scores are linked to rising screen time. Classroom technology, such as a laptop or tablet for every student, is undermining learning, he argues. The anti-tech "message is resonating with some parents, educators, and lawmakers," writes Matt Barnum on Chalkbeat. As

AI can help teachers with lessons, grading and diagnosing students' learning needs, Chinese educators believe.

There little evidence learning tech aids learning, and many complaints that it's bad for students' attention spans.

Children are starting at screens in school, instead of listening to a teacher or interacting with friends, parents complain.

Toy Story 5 pits a child's old toys with a new tablet that wants to monopolize her playtime.

Student misbehavior is way up, say kindergarten and first-grade teachers. More kids are unprepared to pay attention, cooperate and show respect to classmates and teachers.

The anti-tech backlash is here: Parents are asking to opt their kids out of using school laptops and tablets.

Edtech hasn't improved learning, so far, say critics. And it may encourage students to offload thinking to a bot.

China is using "genius" classes for top math and science students to train AI researchers.

College students need internet-free spaces where they can read, write, talk, think, play and sleep.

Gamifying education might be fun for kids, but they're not likely to learn very much.

The more time students spend on screens the less they learn, argues neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath.

To protect teens from digital addiction, parents must take charge.

Students are using Chromebooks and iPads, starting in kindergarten. Most teachers say devices cause distractions.

Instead of trying to be entertainers, teachers should teach students to listen, respond to classmates' ideas and pay attention.

Should we worry that young people are spending less time reading for pleasure and a lot more time watching YouTube videos?

Will San Francisco parents pay $75,000 a year for Alpha's tech-accelerated school?

"Kids aren't phone zombies now," says teacher whose school banned smartphones.