Five years from now, the morning bell still rings in American schools, but it no longer means what it once did. It does not summon students into learning so much as into access, where students login, sync, prompt, generate, revise and submit. The rituals of school remain cosmetically intact. Backpacks still thud against desks. Teachers … Continue reading Preventing Jonathan Haidt from Writing “The Artificial Generation.”
A serious national plan and blueprint for age certification, developmental guardrails, and AI that strengthens (not short-circuits) learning In my last article, The United States of Algorithmia - A Sovereign Nation, with an Unsecured Network, I raised the alarm! We’re a nation obsessed with physical borders while leaving the digital ones wide open, and our … Continue reading The Digital DMV for the Information Highway
College and or Career Readiness in the Age of AI in 2025 - The Coming Workforce Winter and What Education Must Do Before the Job Market Freezes by Mark Erlenwein, Principal - Staten Island Technical High School I’ve been in public education long enough to have seen pendulum swings, policy cycles, silver bullets, and reforms … Continue reading Portrait of a Graduate, Portrait of a Crisis: What Education Must Fix Before the Future Arrives
In August 2025, a new law went into effect across New York State, requiring all public schools to ban personal cell phone use during the school day. For many, this may feel like a revolutionary moment. But for those of us who’ve been in the trenches of education for decades, balancing the marvels of innovation … Continue reading Settings: School Mode
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