WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
💥 How real is the edtech backlash? I can’t help but wonder. Despite all the debate, real-world action seems to be scattered and school tech rollouts just keep coming.
💥 One teacher’s response to last week’s viral crying teacher video is that it’s not the kids’ fault but rather the low-level reading materials that they’re being given in class.
💥 Doug Lemov describes Teach For America as an education organization that lost its way in recent years. EdTrust, too, I’d argue, for those who remember.
💥 A non-traditional journalist (Amplify’s Dan Meyer) took a hard look at publicly available Alpha School data from Arizona.
TikTok turns into sources, scoops, and soaring readership
In a new interview from Friday, WAMU’s Jenny Abamu (above) explains how her recent foray into TikTok and Instagram has led to new sources, lots of scoops, and a soaring readership. Watch the interview on YouTube. Listen to the conversation on Spotify or Apple.
Why edtech opt-outs won’t work
In this newly unlocked subscriber-only column, a longtime educator who now substitute teaches explains why edtech opt-outs (in which parents determine whether their kids are exposed to screens and learning software) won’t work — a concern education journalists should know about.
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