The battle for today’s youth is becoming a war on edtech The Netflix series Adolescence has sparked a wave of moral panic over children’s use of technology. This surge of concern could lead policymakers to address the wrong issues in the ongoing debate over edtech. When Jonathan Haidt published The Anxious Generation this time last year, it inspired innumerable hot takes on the issues facing children. […]
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The Conversation – with Frances Akinde Advocacy and social action, Ofsted and inclusion, maths manipulatives, home educators’ concerns and a poem about belonging