Stormwater struggles | Morning Newsletter
Good morning. Sunday should be mostly sunny with a high near 83. It doesn’t take much to clog up Philadelphia’s 72,000 stormwater drains. Our main read highlights the pronounced stress…
I deleted Instagram for two weeks. Now I see why people pay for Brick and other app-blockers
Listen to article • 0:00 minWithin minutes of waking up, I can’t help but reach for it. The iPhone on my nightstand has a gravitational pull. I swipe through my…
Parents shouldn’t trust bureaucrats to manage their kids’ digital lives
Would you trust Washington politicians like Josh Hawley or Elizabeth Warren to be the first ones to decide what your kids can see and do online? The answer is likely…
Should parents shield their kids from technology? Yes and no, experts say
Should children, whether it be in school or at home, have their technology use limited in some way? Well, it’s complicated, experts say. While parents and educators shouldn’t base their…
✏️ Impossible to fail | Morning Newsletter
Welcome to Wednesday. Showers are possible, and it’s going to start feeling a lot hotter soon. As students in Philly prepare to receive report cards and wrap up the academic…
Malaysia enforces ban on social media accounts for children younger than 16
Jayaradha Veerasamy, right, and Saravanan Ganasan, second left, stand with their 12 years-old daughter Saaradha Saravanan, left, and their 15 year-old son Aadhavan Saravanan at a park in Petaling Jaya,…
Kids without screens? One NYC school district works to break the habit
As backlash to education technology continues to grow across New York City, dozens of Upper Manhattan public schools came together over the past week with a fresh twist on an…
These candidates for California schools chief want to oversee education for nearly 6 million students
California has about 5.7 million students in preschool through high school, not to mention older students enrolled in adult education. The needs of all those students — whether they have…
These family travel hacks will keep kids entertained and tantrum-free
Everything you need to know for tantrum-free family travel While traveling with children looks drastically different from solo trips, kids certainly know how to turn a boring drive into an…
Paul Dano plays Vladimir Putin’s puppetmaster in ‘Wizard of the Kremlin’
In “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” actor Paul Dano plays Vadim Baranov, a character loosely inspired by a real-life advisor who helped Russian leader Vladimir Putin gain and keep power.…