HeyJaredNobody Wants This | Anne Lutz Fernandez
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Electric Shocks for Kids and the Push to Militarize Schools (opens the original)
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Costs of War’s Catherine Lutz and I wrote for The Nation on the increasing militarization of K-12 school security: “Electric-shock gloves used on students in Nebraska are the latest sign of how policing, surveillance, and military technology have entered American schools.”Read here: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/militarization-schools-surveillance-police/<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SD5z!,f_a
The Backlash Against Too Much Tech in Schools is Good for Democracy (opens the original)
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If you’re looking for inspiration in the fight against authoritarianism in the US, you might want to talk to parents of school-age children — because a bunch of them are taking on the tech oligarchs and notching wins.A grassroots movement led by parents worried about tech’s effects on children’s privacy, safety, mental health, and academic success is slapping back the oligarchs’ reach into K-12 schools. It’s working. Cell phone bans, restrictions on screen time, and now, moratoria on generative
A Day in the Life (opens the original)
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The alarm rings and in half-sleep I call out to the coffee maker. Armed with a mug of hot joe, I sit at the kitchen table at my laptop where companies gather and share information about my news consumption, entertainment preferences, political attitudes, and shopping habits. When I leave the house, my departure time is recorded by the smart lock and our doorbell camera captures my movements and my outfit.In my driveway, my neighbor’s security system reminds me that I am being recorded. Driving t
Yes, There is a Teacher Shortage (opens the original)
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Unless you seek out education news, it’s probably been a while since you’ve heard about the teacher shortage. Early in the pandemic the mainstream media ran a spate of stories about more teachers retiring early (points at self) or changing careers, exacerbating a crisis long in the making. Cameth then the contrarian backlash, exemplified by Derek Thompson’s 2022 Atlantic piece, “There is No National Teacher Shortage.” The discussion was dampened, and the issue now
With AI, Americans Aren't Being Asked To Trust but To Believe (opens the original)
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With grassroots resistance to AI data centers growing, Trump last week urged localities to embrace them. Because one reason for public opposition is higher utility costs for households near centers, Trump gestured toward a Ratepayer Protection Pledge his administration announced last winter. He badgered local leaders: “You
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