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Key questions
Some key questions to ask your teacher, principal and/or administrators to get to know your school’s tech policy and start the conversation.
SBS Resource Library
A comprehensive library including articles, research, podcasts to learn more and templates you can use to advocate. Resources have been curated from across the advocacy network.
Recommended Reading
Articles
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
National Education Policy Center, Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Books
The Digital Delusion, by Jared Cooney Horvath
The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt
Coding Kids: Big Tech’s Battle to Remake Schools, by Natasha Singer (Pre-Order avail)
The Extinction of Experience, by Christine Rosen
Books for Kids/Teens
Kids' Brains & Screens, by Melanie Hempe (middle-high school)
The Amazing Generation, by Jonathan Haidt & Catherine Price (ages 8-14+)
The Adventures of Super Brain: Join the mission to power up your brain and choose screen-free fun!, by Melanie Hempe (ages 7-10)
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