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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela |
Digital Learning Is A $60 Billion Scam
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. July 18, 2018
The new Gold Rush will rake in $60 billion this year. The ed-tech gold rush has attracted deep pockets like Rupert Murdoch who invested more than $1 billion into Amplify to develop educational video-games.
Why Is Digital Learning Good For Your Kids But Not For Those of Silicon Valley Execs?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. July 16, 2018
Silicon Valley companies are pushing digital products into public schools as teacher replacements but executives of giants, such as Google, Apple, Yahoo, and Hewlett-Packard, reject the use of technology for their own children.
Electronic Screen Media Creating Mental Health Problems for Kids
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. June 17, 2018
Research shows the use of electronic screen media is having biological and psychological health effects on children including reduced intelligence, increased ADHD, autism, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, and cancer.
The American Academy of Pediatrics’ Committee on Communications and Media points out that children are experiencing unprecedented screen violence not just on television, but also on computers, video games and touch-screen devices. They note that such exposure has been clearly linked to aggressive behavior, aggressive thoughts, aggressive feelings and physiological arousal.
Will Education Derivatives Be the Next Wall Street Crash?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. June 1, 2018
Education is becoming a tradeable market that does not concern itself with educating children.
Silicon Valley titans are partnering with investors to develop products and services. The annual ASU-GSV Summit for education technology is a must-attend event where venture capitalists meet with executives from education start-ups to review new personalized or adaptive learning systems for students.
Thousands of Android Apps Track Children, Break Federal Law
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. April 22, 2018 World Net Daily
Thousands of free Android educational apps available in the Google Play store are tracking children in violation of a major federal data-privacy law, exposing kids to targeted ads and automatic profiling.
The study, “Won’t Somebody Think of the Children,” was published in the scholarly journal, Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. The researchers say the problems are rampant and parents are provided a privacy analysis of each app, including the popular Google Classroom and Khan Academy.
Addictive Video Games Pushed Into Classrooms By Silicon Valley
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. June 8, 2018
Nearly all teen shooters over the past two decades have played many hours of recreational violent games that reward players for being proficient at killing. Now tech companies are pushing addictive educational video games into American classrooms.
Gates, Zuckerberg Team Up to Explore Kids' Brain Functions
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. May 15, 2018
Billionaire tech moguls Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are teaming up to inflict more damage on the unsuspecting American public.
American Students Show Mediocre Test Results
By Carole Hornsby Haynes April 13, 2018 Education Views
The United States spends more on K-12 education than almost any other nation in the world and yet our students are performing poorly on tests.
This week the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress test results in mathematics and reading were published. These are tests that have been funded by Congress since the late 1960s and early 1970s and required for all 50 states as part of No Child Left Behind. Called the nation’s “Report Card,” NAEP tests must be given at least every two years to a stratified random sample of students at specific grade levels (4, 8, and upper high school).
