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‘Teachers Are Going to Hate It’: Internal documents show how tech executives captured children’s attention
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/us/social-media-schools.html?unlocked_article_code=1.31A.jJFr.btNN0Yw4zVVU
www.nytimes.com‘Teachers Are Going to Hate It’: How Social Media Apps Hooked Teens at School (Gift Article)Internal documents show how tech giants grabbed children’s attention throughout the day, a strategy that schools say has undermined education.
You know what sucks most about this? We could literally fix many of society’s issues by focussing on education. Hunger, crime, inequality, poverty, climate, population, everything. But that fucks the goals of billionaires, so we won’t.
Replying to @LillyPip@lemmy.ca
Having more educated people in society means less people willing to work their life off for little less than a dime.
This leaves less room for profit and increases production costs for just about everything.
Replying to @richardisaguy@lemmy.world
“Education awakens individuals to the fact that our current system is exploitative”
FTFY
I don’t believe Richard intended a different message
Replying to @ag10n@lemmy.world
That’s a different way of saying it, yeah
Replying to @LillyPip@lemmy.ca
The whole point of going after kids is:
Facebook bought Instagram because it was more popular with young people over grandma got on Facebook.
Replying to @LillyPip@lemmy.ca
It’s weird living in a super majority Blue state, you’d think education would be a priority for Democrat legislature but apparently they haven’t fully funded it since like 2019 and that was only because of a court order.
Btw incumbents for WA state legislature are anticipated to win by landslide once again.
Office of Superintendent of Public InstructionReykdal: Budget Proposals Confirm Legislature does not Intend to Fully Fund K–12 EducationYesterday, leadership in the State House and Senate released their 2026 budget proposals. Below is State Superintendent Chris Reykdal’s statement. OLYMPIA—February 23, 2026—The House and Senate have released their 2026 budget proposals. Despite the state’s continued underfunding of public education, both proposals double down on Governor Ferguson’s recommended cuts to education. With significant cuts to early learning, dual credit, and the ability for communities with lower property values to provide students with supplemental learning supports, these budgets continue a disturbing trend of cutting the K–12 system to balance the state budget. Further, they make substantial cuts to higher education, starving students of future opportunities. While the budget proposals would devastate critical education programs with a direct impact on students and families, they add billions in new investments across other sectors. This isn’t a question about whether the resources are available; it’s a q