‘Don’t Ask, Just Decline’: Parents Push Back Against Schools’ Growing Use of EdTech

The Defender profiles Emily Cherkin alongside parent advocates and legal experts examining how post-pandemic EdTech saturation harms student development. Emily highlights the critical distinction between beneficial "Tech Ed" and corporate "Ed Tech," urging parents to move past bureaucratic opt-out hurdles and adopt a proactive "don't ask, just decline" stance on unproven classroom technologies.