Official twitter feed of the Association of Independent School Librarians.
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AISL retweeted
May 28
Thousands of students & educators are in the midst of digital detox this week in Upper Manhhattan.
“We all have seen it, the omnipresence of devices and screens in everybody's life,” said P.S. 187 parent @OlympiaKazi. “And we can totally change it.” gothamist.com/news/washingto…
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As schools become increasingly dominated by screens, a growing number of parents are moving in the opposite direction, embracing “classical” schools built around books, discussion, handwriting and face-to-face debate.
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Pope Leo writes, “The speed and ease with which answers or summaries can be obtained risk extinguishing the desire to ask questions.” Curiosity and the human hunger to learn are under attack. They are trying to build a world in which no one *wants* to know anything.
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AISL retweeted
May 14
NYC teachers say phone ban in classrooms has caused 'jaw dropping' change in students' attention trib.al/k3WkN2u
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College commencements season comes at a sobering moment. Students are facing steep costs and dicey job prospects, especially in the AI era. That's led many to question whether a degree is worth it anymore. to.pbs.org/3R4at0G
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Researchers warn that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession — a slide predating the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruptions in schooling. abcnews.link/7vSCG2b
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AISL retweeted
May 13
It gets a lot harder to judge parents who send their kids to private school when public schools are introducing kindergartners to AI "teachers." I suspect that one of the biggest future divides will be kids who were taught to think and those who weren't.
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AISL retweeted
May 12
Once the country with the world’s highest literacy rate, Sweden’s reading standards have declined of late. The government is now determined to dial down digital education in response econ.st/4fa7w8F
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AISL retweeted
May 10
Stories do more than engage.
They build knowledge, they deepen vocabulary, and they give pupils access to worlds, people, places and ideas they might not otherwise meet.
That is why story-rich curriculum work matters.
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“As Cory Doctorow, author of Enshittification, is fond of observing: you won’t be replaced because an AI can do your job, you’ll be replaced because an AI salesman convinces your boss that it can”
Conned by a chatbot ft.com/content/eb6f5398-6635…
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USING AI CHATBOTS for even just for 10 minutes may have a shockingly negative impact on people’s ability to think and problem-solve, according to a new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon, MIT, Oxford, and UCLA wired.com/story/using-ai-neg…
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Your brain does not read the same way online as it does with printed text. Your brains focuses better with printed text and you retain more information.
There is a place for digital devices in school. But students still need printed text. Period.
May 5
American public schools’ overreliance on YouTube for educational content runs counter to what is clear in several scientific studies: Learning analog is better than digital. on.wsj.com/3Rmrrat 🧵
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"People are tired of AI slop and misinformation. They were told the internet would connect them, inform them, and empower them. Instead, many feel manipulated, polarized, and desensitized," writes Hank Green time.com/article/2026/05/07/…
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May 6
One in five student interactions with generative A.I. “involved cheating, self-harm, bullying, and other problematic behaviors,” according to a report published by Education Week. Why is the technology being adopted by schools? newyorker.com/culture/progre…
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AISL retweeted
Apr 30
I'm shocked anyone can be shocked this is the result. The pro-AI people would be better off arguing the cognitive decline is fine, that a new AI future will require less intelligence, etc. than pretending that offloading your thinking to machines won't degrade your thinking.
Apr 29
A 2025 study out of M.I.T. cautioned that “the integration of LLMs into learning environments may inadvertently contribute to cognitive atrophy.” This danger hasn’t slowed the advancement of A.I. in schools. newyorker.com/culture/progre…
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AISL retweeted
Apr 30
When I met an attorney for families whose kids had been died or been significantly harmed by social media and AI apps, she said "it almost always starts on YouTube..."
Apr 30
Parents are finding their kids captive to YouTube on their school-issued devices. on.wsj.com/3RbxyOM
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AISL retweeted
Apr 30
Teachers modeling the lost and found at school 😂
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AISL retweeted
Apr 30
We are officially in a reading crisis.
Kids of all ages are reading less and enjoying it less.
Kids who said they enjoyed reading:
• In 2005: 51%
• In 2025: 32%
Kids who said they read daily:
• In 2005: 38%
• In 2025: 18%
This is concerning.
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AISL retweeted
Apr 30
Fewer than half of US adults read a book last year.
Even fewer read an actual novel, and the trend is looking worse still for teenagers.
Why is nobody talking about this??
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