Teaching Digital Safety Isn’t Optional Anymore—Here’s a Turnkey K–12 Program That Makes It Easy
Designed for teachers, tech coaches, counselors & curriculum planners preparing for Spring 2026 implementation - introducing Digital Safety Curriculum for K-12. In today’s classrooms, teachers are expected to cover far more than just reading, math, and...
A New Page for Our Kids: What Bell-to-Bell Phone-Free Schools Might Offer Them—And Us with Kim Whitman
When we talk about phone-free schools, we’re not just talking about policies, rules, or bans—we’re talking about an invitation to rethink how we protect focus, foster real connection, and support mental well-being in our children’s learning environments. Last week, I...
The Screen Guardians Program Kick Off: Building Safer, More Focused Schools—Together
This past week was one I will never forget. After months of preparation, advocacy, and behind-the-scenes work, the Screen Guardians Program officially kicked off—not quietly, and not in just one place. What began as a vision is now in active implementation, across a...
Why I Spoke Up in Kansas’ Cell Phone Ban Conversation
There’s something quietly heartbreaking happening in classrooms across the country. It's not loud. It’s not dramatic. But it is real. Teachers see it in the way students glance down at their laps during lessons.Parents feel it when their child gets home but...
Listening between the lines: A conversation about digital safety, from the inside out with Dr. Currie Myers
In a world where screens are always on and digital threats are often invisible, conversations around digital safety for kids have never been more necessary—or more urgent. In a recent episode of America’s Criminologist, Dr. Currie Myers sat down with Katie Longhauser...
Reducing screen time: Kansas school shifts Chromebook use
The quiet courage to ask: ‘Is this really serving our students?’ In recent years, the conversation around reducing screen time in schools has moved from quiet concern to active policy change. Educators, parents, and mental health professionals are paying closer...
Screen-Based Learning vs Traditional Learning: What’s Better for Kids—iPads or Books?
Screen-based learning vs traditional learning has become one of the most important conversations in modern education. As classrooms increasingly rely on iPads and Chromebooks, many parents and educators are asking an urgent question: Are kids learning better from...
What screens can’t teach: A conversation about the growing cost of digital learning
This blog explores the powerful connection between digital learning and brain development, featuring insights from neurotherapist Susan Dunaway. Some conversations linger long after they’re over. They don’t just stay with you—they shift something inside of you....
What my 7th grader’s group chat taught me about phones, boundaries, and the brain
I always thought I had a pretty good handle on the digital world my kids lived in. I teach this stuff. I write school programs on this stuff. I preach about digital health, the role of dopamine and screen habits. But nothing will give you a reality check faster than...
When screen time becomes school time: What EdTech is doing to kids’ brains
Screen time in schools has become the new normal—woven into nearly every subject, every lesson, every day. From Chromebooks and tablets to gamified apps and video-based instruction, educational technology now occupies a central space in our classrooms. And while these...
