I wouldn't say they help or harm kids anymore they help or harm adults. They're tools and can be used poorly or well

That seems to fall in line with metrics that are school administrator centric, test scores and student discipline. Not that these aren't important, but not "mental health"

No one is proposing schools curtail their own use of algorithmic social media to communicate to their communities. School districts aren't for regulation of algorithms.

If this wasn't just about controlling students, they would.

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For every national think piece the conflates evidencen with narrative, there is a local piece capturing the reaction (and motivation) of adults.

It turns out to be about control, not protecting kids.

yelmonline.com/stories/teac...

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"It actually puts kids in more danger by pretending that if we just “ban” places for them to communicate, that they’ll just become perfect little kids who never look elsewhere."

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"It should be teaching kids how to navigate these spaces appropriately—how to recognize manipulation, how to minimize risks, what to do when something goes wrong. Instead, we hide it."

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Using contextual interviews, researchers found only 3% of respondents actually supported present-day political violence once confusion and historical references were filtered out.

Reported “support” for violence may reflect survey error, not real approval.

theconversation.com/far-fewer-am...

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