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
by Mark Erlenwein (Special thanks to Dr. Lavie Margolin and John ‘Poz’ Pozarowski for the fun interview on Episode 261 of “The Business of the Business” podcast, which inspired writing this article.) If you had told four-year-old me, perched on my father’s shoulders outside Madison Square Garden, waiting to rub WWF champion, Bob Backlund’s crew-cut … Continue reading Suplexes, Scantrons, and School Spirit: How Wrestling Raised a Principal
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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