Jonathan Haidt, Hugh Grant, Sophie Winkleman

Hugh Grant, Sophie Winkleman and Jonathan Haidt discuss the infiltration of Big Tech into our children’s classrooms in the guise of EdTech 

Our children’s brains are being rewired. Clinical studies prove that the more time children spend on screens, the worse the physical, emotional and cognitive consequences. 

We KNOW that screens are an inferior medium for learning, so why are schools using them more and more? Has too much money been spent? Have deals been struck? Have publishers been complicit in moving online? 

@jonathanhaidt advises simple rules: no 1:1 devices in the classroom* 

Jonathan Haidt’s graduate students are not allowed them. So why do British primary and secondary school children have them on their desks?

It’s time to fight back and say no. 

*except computer labs or accommodations

Filmed by Postcode Films