President Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after claiming jobs figures had been “rigged” to suggest the economy was performing worse than expected thetimes.com/us/american-po…

Kids without wifi.

"If you want kids to get off their phones, you've got to open the door." Our latest survey, in The Atlantic, makes the case that to roll back the phone-based childhood, we need to give kids independence. The kids themselves say so: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Here's a great profile of the many groups in the mother-led movement that has gotten phones out of schools across the country: time.com/7307163/parent…

The CA governor attributes a trend of “disconnected youth,” who are neither in school nor in the workforce, to a growing “crisis of loneliness.” EdSource Newsom directs agencies to tackle loneliness crisis among boys and young men edsource.org/2025/newsom-ad…

Whew. This article by Dana Goldstein is a heckuva ride. And probably a harbinger for the next decade in K-12 education.

My prediction for The Gilded Age finale: Ward McCallister tries to recenter society as a conservative woman named. Mrs. Coleman

What is likely to happen as we outsource our children’s emotional lives to chatbots? New, at AfterBabel.com, from Mandy McLean afterbabel.com/p/ai-emotional…

Ever since I was a little girl, I knew I wanted to spend half of my day logging in to Microsoft authenticator.

Tired of waiting for the city, Angelenos paint their own crosswalks. Some become permanent. latimes.com/california/sto…

Can’t wait until they unify all the apps into a new app called cable.

A pleasure to chat about the power of the arts with Veronica Alvarez Create CA & Letty Kraus merryl goldberg #artsed edsource.org/2025/arts-in-e…

The executive director of @Create_CA is a passionate advocate for arts education, driven by her own experiences of poverty and immigration, and committed to ensuring that all students have equal access to the arts. #caedu edsource.org/2025/arts-in-e…

REVIEW: For her first outing as writer-director, Kristin Scott Thomas hands herself one of the great moments of her career. sfchronicle.com/entertainment/…

Millions of Californians may lose health coverage because of new Medicaid work requirements latimes.com/california/sto…

'Gilded Age' Hits Fourth Straight Ratings High With 4.6 Million Viewers for Season 3's Penultimate Episode variety.com/2025/tv/news/g…

I just saw someone ask if they needed to watch Bridgerton to watch The Gilded Age. Open the schools!

it's a fabulous time to be alive if you love: - verification codes - verifying your email - yelling "REAL PERSON" into a phone at a robot - reading nightmarish news all day every day - hot

Welcome back to school. Please enjoy the complimentary virus starter pack.

Southern California unemployment hits 6.1%, an 11-month high trib.al/wgjN492