HeyJaredThe Digital Delusion
A Substack investigating the real-world impact of educational technology on children’s learning and development.
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Why NYC’s AI Moratorium Is An Incredibly Smart Move (opens the original)
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Correlation Isn’t Causation. So What? (opens the original)
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We all have those seemingly random memories from chi
PISA 2025 Will Reveal A Technology "Sweet Spot": Don’t Believe It Yet (opens the original)
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1-to-1 Computer Initiatives: The Curious Case of Maine (opens the original)
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Across the United States, an estimated 88% of public school districts now employ some form of 1-to-1 computing, whereby every student is provided with a personal laptop or tablet for use at school (and oftentimes at home). Similar initiatives have spread to dozens of countries around the world, making 1:1 computing one of the defining educational reforms of the twenty-first century.With such extraordinary global adoption, you’d assume these programs are supported by overwhelming evidence demonst
The Confound Dilemma: Why AI Schools Can't Tell Us Whether AI Works (opens the original)
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In 2020 - years before large language models became publicly available - I argued that schools may want to consider radically reorganizing the academic day. Specifically, I proposed short, intensive academic sessions in the morning followed by extended afternoon blocks of focused work.My reasoning had nothing to do with artificial intelligence or digital tutors – rather, it stemmed entirely from what we know about the biology of learning: the brain's changing capacity for sustained cognitive wor
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