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The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids’ Learning -- And How To Help Them Thrive Again
Our children are struggling.
Schools, once alive with deep learning born of human connection, are now dominated by screens. The result is falling performance, fractured attention, and the slow erosion of rigorous thought.
We were told that classroom technology was progress. It wasn’t. In THE DIGITAL DELUSION, neuroscientist and educator Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath reveals why digital tools in school consistently undermine learning -- and what parents, teachers, and schools can do to push back with purpose. Drawing on decades of neuroscience and education research, Horvath dismantles the core myths driving the EdTech movement, and offers a practical playbook for putting people -- not programs -- back at the center of education.
This is not a call to reject technology.
It’s a call to reclaim real learning.
"Terrifying and essential reading."
–Hugh Grant, BAFTA-Winning Actor and Education Advocate
"Not anti-tech, but pro-learning. If you are an educator or a parent, you’ll want to read this book to understand how technology is changing education and changing children.”
–Jonathan Haidt, NYU-Stern School of Business, Author of THE ANXIOUS GENERATION
Schools, once alive with deep learning born of human connection, are now dominated by screens. The result is falling performance, fractured attention, and the slow erosion of rigorous thought.
We were told that classroom technology was progress. It wasn’t. In THE DIGITAL DELUSION, neuroscientist and educator Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath reveals why digital tools in school consistently undermine learning -- and what parents, teachers, and schools can do to push back with purpose. Drawing on decades of neuroscience and education research, Horvath dismantles the core myths driving the EdTech movement, and offers a practical playbook for putting people -- not programs -- back at the center of education.
This is not a call to reject technology.
It’s a call to reclaim real learning.
"Terrifying and essential reading."
–Hugh Grant, BAFTA-Winning Actor and Education Advocate
"Not anti-tech, but pro-learning. If you are an educator or a parent, you’ll want to read this book to understand how technology is changing education and changing children.”
–Jonathan Haidt, NYU-Stern School of Business, Author of THE ANXIOUS GENERATION
362 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 6, 2025
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December 26, 2025
Extensive work on the negative effectsnof technology in education. It is extensive and well-supported. However, although Horvath stated he is not anti-tech, he does not state how necessary tech education (like digital literacy) should be implemented.
It is, however, a solid wake up call what we are doing in our classrooms and to our students.
The book includes example letter for parents and teachers to promote low-tech education. It also has tips and tables to implement low-tech teaching and parenting.
It is, however, a solid wake up call what we are doing in our classrooms and to our students.
The book includes example letter for parents and teachers to promote low-tech education. It also has tips and tables to implement low-tech teaching and parenting.
January 7, 2026
"I am not anti-tech. I am pro-learning."
Can I say that a book changed my life as a parent and as a policymaker? if so, this one did. Did I cry when reading it? Yes, I did. Run to the nearest library or bookstore to get it. Extra credit: read it on paper.
Can I say that a book changed my life as a parent and as a policymaker? if so, this one did. Did I cry when reading it? Yes, I did. Run to the nearest library or bookstore to get it. Extra credit: read it on paper.
January 17, 2026
Every parent an educator should read this book
The author is a neuroscientist and former teacher who demonstrates how EdTech is shortening attention spans and reducing cognitive functions of children in our schools. The author is not anti-tech but rather pro-learning and shows how cognitive processes involved in learning are being eroded with too much screen time in schools and he provides ways of assessing and challenging Ed-tech to get students back on track.
The author is a neuroscientist and former teacher who demonstrates how EdTech is shortening attention spans and reducing cognitive functions of children in our schools. The author is not anti-tech but rather pro-learning and shows how cognitive processes involved in learning are being eroded with too much screen time in schools and he provides ways of assessing and challenging Ed-tech to get students back on track.
March 8, 2026
a must read for educators and parents
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