Tara Garcia Mathewson
@taragarciam.bsky.social
Spencer Fellow at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Writing a book about bilingual education.
Check out my "Digital Book Banning" series about K-12 schools, too, if you're interested. themarkup.org/series/digit...
Digital Book Banning - The Markup
Data-driven investigations of tech and how it influences society
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August 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Check out my "Digital Book Banning" series about K-12 schools, too, if you're interested. themarkup.org/series/digit...
From his email: "These restrictions and limitations just cause frustration among all and diminishes the advances made from providing technology while hampering the quality of teaching."
August 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
From his email: "These restrictions and limitations just cause frustration among all and diminishes the advances made from providing technology while hampering the quality of teaching."
A teacher emailed me after reading the story. He is blocked from Youtube when he teaches in prisons, which keeps him from being able to make his courses as relevant and engaging as he'd like. CA has greatly increased access to tech in prison the last five years. But the effects have been stunted.
August 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A teacher emailed me after reading the story. He is blocked from Youtube when he teaches in prisons, which keeps him from being able to make his courses as relevant and engaging as he'd like. CA has greatly increased access to tech in prison the last five years. But the effects have been stunted.
"But honest students are caught in the crossfire of an arms race between technology that mimics human speech and technology that claims to identify it."
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California colleges spend millions to catch plagiarism and AI. Is the faulty tech worth it? – The Markup
Colleges and universities renew Turnitin subscriptions year after year even though its flawed detectors are expensive and require students to let the company keep their papers forever.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"But honest students are caught in the crossfire of an arms race between technology that mimics human speech and technology that claims to identify it."
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Actually, there were too many for one story so I wrote two. (This one's much shorter.) themarkup.org/artificial-i...
Turnitin charged colleges vastly different amounts to detect plagarism – The Markup
Purchasing records show some colleges are paying three times more than others.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Actually, there were too many for one story so I wrote two. (This one's much shorter.) themarkup.org/artificial-i...
La investigación original: calmatters.org/calmatters-e...
California prohibió la educación bilingüe durante casi 20 años y aún no se ha recuperado del daño
Después de prohibir la educación bilingüe en 1998, los votantes de California la restablecieron hace ocho años. Las escuelas todavía están tratando de reconstruir sus programas.
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December 16, 2024 at 7:45 PM
La investigación original: calmatters.org/calmatters-e...
You know, I didn't have this quote in the first draft. So glad I found a way to get it in there! You make a powerful point.
December 9, 2024 at 8:57 PM
You know, I didn't have this quote in the first draft. So glad I found a way to get it in there! You make a powerful point.
And ICYMI, the original investigation is here: themarkup.org/digital-book...
Schools Were Just Supposed To Block Porn. Instead They Sabotaged Homework and Censored Suicide Prevention Sites – The Markup
The Trevor Project? Blocked. Planned Parenthood? Blocked. NASA? BLOCKED
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December 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM
And ICYMI, the original investigation is here: themarkup.org/digital-book...