Humanoid teaching bots can't create the connections students need, says the teachers' union.

Reading is a niche hobby like growing orchids. Most people can't pay attention long enough to read books.

Will the "techlash" get rid of all screens -- or just the edtech that's wasting time, money and attention?

The school-issued Chromebook got his 6th-grade son hooked on "electronic fentanyl," says angry father.

AI-themed schools are all the rage, but what does it really mean?

Preparing kids for the future can mean teaching them to use AI -- or showing them how to bike to the store on their own.

Is tech "abstinence" going too far?

Starting school later helps kids get more sleep and do better -- but why are so many on their phones after midnight?

Does edtech actually help kids learn? Parents want schools to drop i-Ready.

Alpha, which claims students can excel with two hours a day of AI-powered learning, hopes to reach 1 million students.

Los Angeles will ban Chromebooks and tablets for K-2 students and limit screen time for older students as the ed-tech backlash spreads.

Reading and math achievement was improving, until 2013. Then it started to slide, even more the pandemic.

American childhood is free-range online, supervised in real life.

Gamifying education to "meet students where they are" was a huge mistake.

Students can pay attention, if they want to, but often don't.

Teaching math works better with chalk and chalkboards, say Stanford professors. It's slower.

Low-tech teaching shows who's confused and who's not paying attention. Students can't hide behind their screens.

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