Emily Cherkin, The Screentime Consultant
@emilycherkin.bsky.social
Author, speaker, teacher, consultant, mother, rabble-rouser.
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Free webinar next week! Please join us! open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...
Free Webinar: "The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids' Learning-- and How to Help Them Thrive Again" with Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath
Join Emily and Jared on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 6 PM PST/9 PM EST!
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December 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Free webinar next week! Please join us! open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...
A must-read essay by Julie Liddell of the EdTech Law Center about the harms caused to children on school-issued tech.
If you are at all concerned about social media harms, you should be equally concerned about EdTech.
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If you are at all concerned about social media harms, you should be equally concerned about EdTech.
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Neither Essential nor Safe: Predators and Porn on School-Issued Laptops.
Real-world harms caused by giving children internet-connected devices "for education."
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December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A must-read essay by Julie Liddell of the EdTech Law Center about the harms caused to children on school-issued tech.
If you are at all concerned about social media harms, you should be equally concerned about EdTech.
open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...
If you are at all concerned about social media harms, you should be equally concerned about EdTech.
open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...
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My testimony to UK Parliament.
My testimony to UK Parliament.
Testimony to UK Parliament
Here is my full statement with citations and a video of my speech
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November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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My testimony to UK Parliament.
My testimony to UK Parliament.
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Should Seattle Public Schools allow students to use GenAI? Or adopt an “away for the day” cellphone policy? SPS parent @emilycherkin.bsky.social takes a look and asks the key questions district leaders must answer about technology in the classroom:
Issue 4 -- It's Time for SPS To Lead on Limiting Screens in the Classroom
In this issue: Emily Cherkin takes a look at SPS policies about technology use in schools, and raises key questions that SPS leaders must answer.
by Emily Cherkin
On November 19, 2025, staff members...
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November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Should Seattle Public Schools allow students to use GenAI? Or adopt an “away for the day” cellphone policy? SPS parent @emilycherkin.bsky.social takes a look and asks the key questions district leaders must answer about technology in the classroom:
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NEW: @emilycherkin.bsky.social lays out the key questions families should insist Seattle Public Schools answer about AI in the classroom, cell phones, and technology more broadly.
Issue 4 -- It's Time for SPS To Lead on Limiting Screens in the Classroom
In this issue: Emily Cherkin takes a look at SPS policies about technology use in schools, and raises key questions that SPS leaders must answer.
by Emily Cherkin
On November 19, 2025, staff members...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NEW: @emilycherkin.bsky.social lays out the key questions families should insist Seattle Public Schools answer about AI in the classroom, cell phones, and technology more broadly.
We are going to have to ask some tough questions. Here’s a list to get you started.
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What I Asked My School District About EdTech, AI, and Data Privacy in Public Testimony
I only had two minutes, but I went hard.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We are going to have to ask some tough questions. Here’s a list to get you started.
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I’m writing at First Fish Chronicles on Substack now. Swim on over! Here’s a top 5 favorite resources post to start things off:
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My Top 5 Favorite Resources re: EdTech
These are the ones I print off and carry with me-- they're that good.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I’m writing at First Fish Chronicles on Substack now. Swim on over! Here’s a top 5 favorite resources post to start things off:
open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...
open.substack.com/pub/firstfis...
Why saying no to AI in schools means saying no to EdTech. My hot take. Please share if you feel inclined.
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I Am Disinclined to Acquiesce to Your Request (Means “No.”) - The Screentime Consultant
This essay argues parents should refuse EdTech, 1:1 devices, and AI tools in schools. Resignation is not progress; parents have the power to say 'no'.
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September 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Why saying no to AI in schools means saying no to EdTech. My hot take. Please share if you feel inclined.
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I’ve seen how big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman
I’ve seen how big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman
I’ve examined how commercial technologies reshape education – often in ways parents instinctively resist, but are told to ignore, says academic Velislava Hillman
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September 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’ve seen how big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman
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"We need stop pretending that generative AI tools are doing anything other than acting as a substitute for the effortful thinking that we want students to be undertaking so as to build their own knowledge, in their own heads, in their own minds."
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Something wicked this way comes
Big Tech CEOs, education policymakers, and universities continue to push AI upon students
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August 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"We need stop pretending that generative AI tools are doing anything other than acting as a substitute for the effortful thinking that we want students to be undertaking so as to build their own knowledge, in their own heads, in their own minds."
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Event | Let's Talk EdTech: In Conversation and Connection with Emily Cherkin, and Colin Samuel
Join Emily Cherkin M.Ed., and Colin Anton Samuel, CTO at the Brearley School as we discuss what Educaction Technology can and should look like in schools.
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July 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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There are some really weird things going on in this NYT story that is purportedly about using "AI" for child therapy. Would you care to join me for a short thread exploring just a few of them?
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Kids Are in Crisis. Could Chatbot Therapy Help?
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June 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There are some really weird things going on in this NYT story that is purportedly about using "AI" for child therapy. Would you care to join me for a short thread exploring just a few of them?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/m...
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Teacher vs. Tech Giant
Former teacher Emily Cherkin is suing PowerSchool, claiming the ed-tech giant sells students data without consent. With data from 440+ school districts, the lawsuit alleges PowerSchool profits from sharing sensitive info like grades and health records.
Former teacher Emily Cherkin is suing PowerSchool, claiming the ed-tech giant sells students data without consent. With data from 440+ school districts, the lawsuit alleges PowerSchool profits from sharing sensitive info like grades and health records.
EdTech Company PowerSchool Target of Lawsuit Over Claims They Illegally Sell Student Data | Law Commentary
Former School teacher, Emily Cherkin, has filed a lawsuit against leading educational technology giant, PowerSchool. She filed her class action lawsuit in San Francisco this past spring and claims tha...
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November 19, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Teacher vs. Tech Giant
Former teacher Emily Cherkin is suing PowerSchool, claiming the ed-tech giant sells students data without consent. With data from 440+ school districts, the lawsuit alleges PowerSchool profits from sharing sensitive info like grades and health records.
Former teacher Emily Cherkin is suing PowerSchool, claiming the ed-tech giant sells students data without consent. With data from 440+ school districts, the lawsuit alleges PowerSchool profits from sharing sensitive info like grades and health records.
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As I've been saying over and over on our book tour for The AI Con, the inevitability argument (including in the form of "AI is here to stay") is an attempt to steal our agency. We don't have to accept that and I encourage everyone to refuse it.
June 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
As I've been saying over and over on our book tour for The AI Con, the inevitability argument (including in the form of "AI is here to stay") is an attempt to steal our agency. We don't have to accept that and I encourage everyone to refuse it.
The continued refrain of "kids need to have access to technology now so they can be successful in the future" just simply doesn't make sense when you look at the childhoods of some of the wealthiest, most powerful, most successful titans of the tech industry.
June 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The continued refrain of "kids need to have access to technology now so they can be successful in the future" just simply doesn't make sense when you look at the childhoods of some of the wealthiest, most powerful, most successful titans of the tech industry.
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Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
May 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Someone else said something very similar to this the other day, but.
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
It really burns me that our (millennials') generation was legally terrorized for like, downloading Radiohead discographies
But we're supposed to be ok with billionaires stealing human intellectual output in its entirety bc AI
