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Below is a list of recommended reading on screens, tech, and AI in schools to help you stay informed.

Books

The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids' Learning By Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, Med.

Human Raised: Nurturing Connection, Curiosity & Lifelong Learning in the Age of AI by Dana Suskind, MD

Coding Kids: Big Tech's Battle to Remake Public Schools by Natasha Singer

Articles

How Google Took Over The Classroom (New York Times)

Understanding the tech giants' oversized influence in American schools (Natasha Singer on NPR's Fresh Air)

Technology is reshaping education. But is it helping students learn? (PBS video report, Sept. 2026)

3 reasons why ‘going slow to go fast’ is the right approach for AI in schools (Brookings Institute Report, Sept 2026)

Pew Report: How Parents Manage Screen Time

How Big Tech Captured American Schools: Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain. (New York Times, Aug 2026) 

The Best Parenting Hack Is Being Rich: Young kids shouldn’t have screen time, a new report warns. But who can afford to follow that advice? (The Atlantic)

A Chatbot-Free Childhood Will Be a Status Symbol: AI is like ultra-processed food for developing brains. (The Atlantic)

What Will It Take To Get AI Out of Schools? (The New Yorker)

AI in the classroom prompts tide of concern from US parents and experts (The Guardian, June 2026)

5 lessons from teachers on the risks of anthropomorphic AI (Brookings Institute, June 2026)

Teachers union president calls for limits on AI and screen time in schools(NBC, May 2026)

Bring Back the Blue Book Exam (Atlantic) 

Students learn less when they use tech. So why do schools keep giving kids devices? (CNN)

 Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education (National Education Policy Center)

What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing? Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills. (New York Times)

The Free Press, Jared Cooney Horvath, We Gave Students Laptops and Took Away Their Brains

The New Yorker, What Will It Take To Get AI Out of Schools?

After Babel, Amy Tyson, The False Promise of Device Based Education

CNN, Students learn less when they use tech. So why do schools keep giving kids devices?

National Education Policy Center, Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

"Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, instruction, collaboration, assessment, and communication. This policy brief highlights how these platforms are not neutral “tools” but complex ecosystems shaped by technical architectures, commercial imperatives, and political-economic interests."