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“Coding Kids” is an even-tempered yet withering narrative of how the nation’s public schools came under the spell of private corporations."
Natasha Singer’s book “Coding Kids” tracks how public schools were bewitched by private corporations, setting the stage for the ed-tech backlash of today. newyorker.com/culture/progre…
Looking forward to our @HarvardSciTalks tonight with the great Cathy O'Neil.
If you're in the Boston area, please come!
Tonight! @ 6pm
@natashanyt presents CODING KIDS: BIG TECH'S BATTLE TO REMAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Details: eventbrite.com/e/natasha-sin…
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Coding Kids | Natasha Singer | W. W. Norton & Company wwnorton.com/books/978039388…
Such a great Daily ep today on surveillance creep and the datafication of infancy.
+@sapna 's Mom steals the show!
i'm on The Daily today talking about health trackers and optimization for babies + adults... and my mom is on here too! (maybe the first auntie on the Daily??? will have to check) - take a listen! nytimes.com/2026/09/23/podca…
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Join Senior Fellow Amanda Lenhart next Mon 9/28 at 6:30 pm ET for the “Who Gets to Decide How AI Enters Our Schools” panel live in NYC and online. The event highlights @natashaNYT's new book, and is presented with @NYPL and Data and Society. Tickets here: bit.ly/4rbRgrS
Is it more important for schools to train students to use chatbots -- or equip kids to examine how A.I. is steering us?
.@kbennhold and I delve into the global A.I. education/skilling debate in today's @nytimes.com's The World newsletter:
nytimes.com/2026/09/09/world…
Many thanks to @gtoppo @The74 for the great questions about my new book, Coding Kids, which is out today!
In her new book, @natashanyt compares an AP Computer Science course built around Apple's Swift language to imagining "a Raytheon-branded AP physics course or DuPont chemistry course." buff.ly/71CKddA
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In her new book, @natashanyt compares an AP Computer Science course built around Apple's Swift language to imagining "a Raytheon-branded AP physics course or DuPont chemistry course." buff.ly/71CKddA
Last month, @WBUR warned authors of a scam in which fraudsters purporting to be NPR invited authors for fake interviews.
I just got one of these AI-spawned emails from a "Scott Simon" pretender. ... the irony: the real @nprscottsimon just did a segment on author scams.
So thrilling to be interviewed by @WmBrangham @NewsHour about my new book, "Coding Kids: Big Tech's Battle to Remake Public Schools."
We had a great discussion about the decade-long tech boom in K-12 schools -- and why some parents are now urging their schools to cut back.
Public schools across the U.S. are pulling back on the amount of tech for students after making classrooms feel like "an office," The New York Times' Natasha Singer (@natashanyt) says.
"Schools felt like they were trying to make schools like offices ... where every worker has their own device and spends most of their day on their device, emailing and writing presentations," she told Horizons host @WmBrangham.
"I think schools are pulling back on that and saying, actually, a classroom is a classroom, it's not a mini business and kids are not mini-entrepreneurs," she added.
Horizons from PBS News, dives into the science, health, technology and environmental issues making headlines each week. Visit the PBS News website to watch this week's episode.
In 1979, @RalphNader researchers documented how companies were flooding schools with corporate-sponsored lessons for kids.
My new book, "Coding Kids," traces corporate influence in classrooms from then to now. If you care about this, I'd be thrilled if you ordered the book!
Looking forward to being on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour in September!
You can pre-order Coding Kids here;
bookshop.org/p/books/coding-…
Coming shortly (9/8) is a trailblazing book by New York Times reporter Natasha Singer (@natashanyt) titled "Coding Kids: Big Tech's Battle to Remake Public Schools".
It is a devastating documentation of how commercial interests have taken over elementary and secondary school classes. Commercializing education obstructs civic educational skills and experience for tens of millions of American children.
When they grow up without any civic education and experience they will be vulnerable to the rhetoric of corrupt politicians, such as the kind coming daily from Donald J. Trump. -R
I've covered school tech for the @nytimes for a decade. And I'm fascinated by how Big Tech makes products like Chromebooks and A.I. chatbots seem urgent.
Our story today brings you inside that powerful industry playbook for influencing schools.
nytimes.com/2026/08/23/busin…
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I'm here at the NYC City Council hearing on AI in schools. Follow along for live updates
I spent a lot time this year asking students, parents and teachers about AI in schools.
Now, in a riveting episode of The Daily, you can listen to some amazing students at North Star Washington Park High School discussing what they've learned about AI.
nytimes.com/2026/06/17/podca…
The parent backlash against rampant tech use in schools just got a new ally.
Teachers union president Randi Weingarten is calling for "no screens" for second-graders and younger -- and no A.I. chatbots for students in elementary schools.
nytimes.com/2026/05/27/techn…
Parents are demanding more oversight for the laptops, tablets and apps that schools give kids.
And it's not just about screen time. It's a national reckoning for Big Tech in schools.
Parents say they want proof that classroom tech improves learning.
nytimes.com/2026/04/29/techn…
I visited McPherson Middle School in Kansas to report on a new tech backlash spreading in education: Chromebook remorse.
Some schools that once gave Google-powered laptops to each student to freely use at school and at home are curbing device use.
nytimes.com/2026/03/29/techn…
This just in:
More than half of U.S. teens have used A.I. chatbots for schoolwork like help solving math problems, a new Pew Research report finds.
And nearly 60 percent of teens said students at their schools often used chatbots to cheat.
nytimes.com/2026/02/24/techn…
I visited a new A.I. Literacy course at Washington Park High School in Newark. The class aims to equip students for a world where automated systems increasingly help decide who gets a job interview or a loan.
nytimes.com/2026/02/23/techn…
