Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle)

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[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

Meta settled a lawsuit over youth addiction for up to $17.1B.

Instagram and Facebook will cap teen use at two hours, mute nights, curb notifications, and check ages.

Meta leaves its feed algorithm on unless families opt out.

Would you switch it off?

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

There used to be a basic understanding that teachers deserved a baseline level of respect.
Schools operated under the principle of in loco parentis, meaning “in the place of the parent.” When children were at school, teachers were trusted to set boundaries, correct behavior, and keep order.
Respect for adults was assumed. It was not something teachers had to negotiate for every day.
Most of us remember getting in trouble at school and worrying a whole lot more about what was going to happen when we got home.
Because home and school were usually on the same side.
Your parents may have asked what happened. They may have disagreed with a consequence once in a while. But you knew better than to walk through the door acting like the teacher was the problem.
You were going to be asked one question first.
“What did you do?”
That did not mean teachers were always right. It meant adults believed in correcting children without turning every consequence into a courtroom.
Too often now, some parents approach schools more like lawyers than partners.
Instead of asking, “How do we help my child learn from this?” the first response becomes, “Why did you do this to my child?”
Students watch all of it.
They learn that expectations can be debated. Consequences can be negotiated. And if they push hard enough, an adult may be the one who has to defend themselves.
That is a very different classroom.
Yes, classroom management matters. Teachers should continue learning how to build relationships, prevent problems, respond calmly, and create a room where students can learn.
But we cannot pretend skill is the whole issue.
A teacher can have strong relationships, clear expectations, consistent routines, and still be cursed at for taking up a phone.
They can be threatened for enforcing a rule.
They can be publicly attacked for holding a boundary.
They can even be assaulted for doing the job they were hired to do.
That is not a classroom-management problem.
That is a cultural problem.
Teachers did not create a culture where enforcing expectations is treated as aggression. They did not create a culture where accountability is optional or where a parent’s first instinct is to protect a child from every consequence.
But teachers are expected to manage the fallout from it.
So when we blame burnout, turnover, and silence on teachers needing “better classroom management,” we miss what is really happening.
This is not just about skill. It is about risk.
Teachers should not have to worry about personal safety, retaliation, or public backlash for enforcing the expectations their school has put in place.
Classroom management did not fail.
The social contract did

[United Nations @UN]

Deepening our understanding of major historical events can help foster greater respect and tolerance.

Sunday’s #RememberSlavery Day is an opportunity to reflect on one of the darkest chapters in human history and learn from it.

More from @UNESCO: https://t.co/bs09cMJPvx

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

#Montreal is on 🔥 this weekend 💖

[Montréal @Montreal]

Welcome to everyone visiting Montréal for:

🎶 OSHEAGA (music and arts festival)
🎾 National Bank Open (tennis tournament)
🌈 Fierté Montréal (Pride festivities)
🥇 The Montréal Olympic Games show

WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE! 😍

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

AI POLICY IN SCHOOLS IS A MESS.

Teachers fight in meetings over screens.
Some shut doors and choose.
Students pay for rules.
Leaders need talks and goals.
Ask what tools do for learning before they enter class.

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

Schools should drop Google.

AI Search puts students at risk.

Child safety groups raise alarms.

They question if Google belongs in class.

Some warn of legal trouble for schools.

AI in classrooms needs strict rules.

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

Alberta government is hiring an AI Education Policy Advisor torun K-12 policy.

The role will guide AI in curriculum & assessment. It will set rules for privacy, data, and bias. It will build an AI literacy framework for Ss.

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

California just banned AI from teaching kids. Law says only humans can teach in public schools. The new law blocks AI from replacing staff., effecive Jan 1, 2027. Some students use AI for language and learning support.

If AI helps your child learn, should the state block it?

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

AI in schools is failing Ss. Research shows little proof it raises K-12 results. Many Ss ignore AI tutors even with set time. Scores rose with access, then fell or rose once removed. T. gain more from AI feedback & time saved.

Start with goals for kids, then test AI with care.

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

AI EDUCATION IS A RACE MOST COUNTRIES ARE LOSING.
China and the UAE made AI mandatory in 2025.
South Korea rushed and adoption fell below 30%.
India plans AI from Class 3 yet 15% of teachers know it.
The US leads research but few states teach AI.

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

The EU forced AI into the open.
Chatbots must disclose use by August 2.
Deepfakes need labels across 450 million users.
Fines now hit model providers.
High risk systems get delay to 2027.
Your AI roadmap must change now.

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

Most classroom tech wastes student minds.
Schools fill the day with screens.
Slides, apps, and tests run on repeat.
Ask what the tool helps students do.
Does it build thinking or train clicks?
What learning gets lost when screens take time?

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

Ban screens in schools and you fail your kids.

Parents do not want less tech.

63% want schools to teach AI use.

They fear social media but value the internet.

They want notice when AI uses their child’s work.

Teach AI skills and media literacy, or leave students behind.

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

Schools added AI without training teachers.
Only 36% in Alberta got AI detection training.
Over 60% lack tools to spot or guide student use.
Half report no policy for staff or students.
Teachers face AI in class each day. Where are the solutions?

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

$4,500/week for AI to teach your kids is the new status symbol in the Hamptons. First, AI teaches math & reading in two hours. Kids learn cooking, real estate, & finance after. Tuition at $65,000/y in NYC.

Some parents want less tech, not more.

Would you pay for this model?

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

Canada’s schools are not ready for AI. Ministers met in Quebec City on June 23rd to reset education plans. They put AI, phones, and social media on the table. Provinces push career paths to link school with jobs.
They pledge support for Indigenous students and system stability.

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

AI doesn't belong in elementary school. Norway now blocks AI for kids age 6 - 13. Test scores fell, so leaders banned phones in 2024. They say kids must learn to read, write, and do math 1st. Teens use AI only with teacher control. Books return to class as screens lose ground.

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

Typing harms your brain. Writing by hand builds memory.

Paper notes: 26% recall, laptops 19%.

College: 40% As and Bs by hand, 30% by typing.

Kids: 92% letter accuracy by hand, 76% by keyboard.

Students, pick up a pen ✍🏼

[Isabelle Faulkner (she/her/elle) @FaulknerPower]

AI is hurting student thinking.
74% of Quebec CEGEP teachers changed how they grade.
345 teachers were surveyed across 27 campuses.
Half now use in class tests to stop plagiarism.
One quarter redesigned exams to test thinking and AI use.
What about you?

[Jean Philippe Fournier @JeanPFournier]

In case anyone wondered what Montreal looks and sounds like when the Habs head to a conference final