Amanda Kahn Fried

[Amanda Kahn Fried @amandakfried]

@awong_SF Omg the cutest

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Here's yet another study showing that kids who get smartphones earlier have worse mental health as teens.

So what's the right age for a first smartphone? I'd say its whatever age you want them to cut back on sleeping, reading, exercise, and socializing. I advise not doing that before 14, at the earliest.

Let's make that a new norm, to break out of the collective action trap together. Some parents may then wait even longer. But lets try to get all kids through middle school in the real world, before exposing them to the many harms of adolescence lived on a phone.

Note that this research use the ABCD study, which is the highest quality longitudinal study going.
It confirms an earlier finding by @sapien_labs that found the same thing

https://t.co/eTWs0LM3BE

[Amanda Kahn Fried @amandakfried]

@joshfried OK boomer… you can’t say ‘holy moly’ and ‘that’s dope’ in the same thread and expect me not to screenshot this for the kids…

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

I and a growing number of professors ban all devices during class--even our grad students fall into distraction. How can K-12 students handle it?

@jean_twenge shows that they can't.

Get laptops and tablets out of classrooms now:
https://t.co/0uunLBBWLe

[Amanda Kahn Fried @amandakfried]

Governing a City takes both vision and skill. As a San Francisco resident and public servant who also spent time working in the NYC Mayor’s Office, I’ll never root against the Big Apple. But feeling grateful to wake up in San Francisco this morning!

https://t.co/S75gCoCa5s

[SF Examiner @sfexaminer]

A Bernal Heights resident has taken her online hair care brand out of cyberspace and into the neighborhood she calls home.
https://t.co/KcuVaW2iwx

[Karen Vaites @karenvaites]

"I shouldn't have to sell my kid's school on reading books. It's like having to sell a doctor on exercise!"

This NYC mom's comment about Into Reading is something.

[Karen Vaites @karenvaites]

Impressive gains in high-school performance and in math under @HISDSupe.

Curriculum improvement is a cornerstone of the comprehensive reform.

Longer school hours are smart, unexpected part of the effort.

@KevinMahnken does an excellent interview that gets into the details.

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

Here's the map of phone policies by state, as the school year starts. Red is best (full day); Orange is class-time only, which is much less effective. Gold is that local schools must develop a policy, any policy.

https://t.co/eHkuFfJPiJ

[Amanda Kahn Fried @amandakfried]

@cheesemonkeysf Thank you — keep going!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[Amanda Kahn Fried @amandakfried]

@RhyenStaley Yup! See: https://t.co/IH2AI4p1gG

[The Frisc @TheFrisc]

⚽ NEW, WHAT'S THE GOAL? Opinion: SF parent & public school educator @momenyl says @sfunified is falling behind in the Bay by not offering JV high school soccer. Parents and coaches "shouldn’t have to advocate for such simple things." https://t.co/YOL89EH2xj

[Amanda Kahn Fried @amandakfried]

@karenvaites Yes please. And then come to San Francisco!!!! It shouldn’t be controversial that school districts need to focus on the quality of education first.

[John Trasviña @JohnTrasvina]

New flaw: #SF School Board may think it approved buying #ethnicstudies curriculum but it did not.

Read it in @TheVOSF. ⁦@incitafusio⁩ ⁦@CKocivar⁩ ⁦@LyanneMelendez⁩ #education ⁦@MissLily⁩ https://t.co/oOEdLWUmMh

[Amanda Kahn Fried @amandakfried]

CA AG @RobBonta: “Schools must always strive to present factual and unbiased information.”

Is SFUSD’s 9th grade Ethnic Studies class meeting that standard?

No vetted curriculum. No academic guardrails. No balance. Just ideology. https://t.co/7rWSQvyVQv

[Lyanne Melendez @LyanneMelendez]

Controversy looms over #Ethnic Studies program at @SFUSD_Supe @SFUnified https://t.co/I01wVpEzBT

[John Trasviña @JohnTrasvina]

#SFUSD must follow the law on #ethnicstudies. ⁦

@CKocivar⁩ tells what’s at stake for #schools, #families & communities in tonite’s School Board #vote.

Read it in ⁦@TheVOSF⁩. ⁦@ConnectedSF⁩ ⁦@incitafusio⁩ ⁦@Scotty_Jacobs⁩ https://t.co/pujnhxH8m0

[CheesemonkeySF @cheesemonkeysf]

NEW @thevosf👇🏼Evidence for ethnic studies: the argument clinic

“Leading researchers have been sounding the alarm on Ethnic Studies’ claims of miraculous outcomes for students. When will SFUSD policymakers be ready to start listening?”

https://t.co/JgapwosfZm

[Debra Messing @Debramessing]

I’ve spent my life standing with communities facing hate and injustice. But when I spoke out for my own, I was met with silence and even worse. I wrote this piece to speak from the heart.

[Amanda Kahn Fried @amandakfried]

@SusanDReynolds She’s adopted already! Such a cutie.