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Schools should teach durable skills that survive changing technologies, alongside questions about technology’s effects on society.
UNESCO found little rigorous evidence that digital technology improves education, while companies often fund the research meant to evaluate it.
“Deep lobbying” hides corporate messages inside trusted nonprofit groups that the public and legislators already believe.
In Peru, laptops reached more than 500 rural schools, improving computer skills but not educational outcomes over a decade.
Schools risk whiplash when they chase an industry racing from code-a-thons to prompt-a-thons to vibe coding.
Tech prizes speed and efficiency, but learning often needs friction. Automated flashcards can erase the thinking that makes them useful.
Tech companies fund nonprofits and PTAs to promote technology, make brands appear safer, and calm parents’ concerns.
Technology education should teach students how companies and software steer choices, how to use tools productively, and when to push back.
Coding a droid through a maze, making Elsa skate, and creating a Dance Party made programming instantly rewarding.
Jan Cuny traced computer science’s diversity problem to high school and middle school, then pursued an earlier AP on-ramp.
Trevor Packer called AP Computer Science “horrifically non-diverse” and approved a broader alternative with National Science Foundation funding.
Teach students durable skills for using any technology and judging its effects on society.
The best preparation should survive every technology shift, from apps and social media to AI and quantum computing.
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