Digital Policies

Empowering and Protecting Students in a Digital World

We are currently navigating what is likely the most significant societal transformation since the Industrial Revolution. In this rapidly evolving landscape, our mission is to harness technology in ways that elevate the human experience—enhancing how students learn and how teachers deliver impactful instruction—without compromising safety or well-being. 

Finding the Right Balance 

While the digital world offers unprecedented opportunities to create and connect, it also presents distinct risks. The statistics are clear: 

Our Approach

To strike the right balance, our policies focus on four core pillars: 

By setting expectations and strengthening digital literacy, we will protect students while preparing them to lead in a world where technology is a tool for progress, not a source of harm. 

Highlights From Our National Summit

Emily Oster, founder and CEO of ParentData.org, shares research-backed insights on what supports healthy childhood development and the vital role state leaders and policymakers hold in shaping it.

As more states adopt policies to encourage distraction-free learning, renowned psychologist Angela Duckworth presents her latest research on what teachers are actually seeing in phone-free classrooms.

Bestselling author and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt shares research findings from his book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness.

Education innovator and entrepreneur Sal Khan leads an insightful conversation on artificial intelligence (AI) and its rapidly unfolding place in American society, from colleges & universities to the workplace to our children’s K-12 classrooms.

Distraction-Free Schools

Model Policies 

Policy Briefs

Artificial Intelligence

Model Policies

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Closing the Digital Divide

Model Policies

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Digital Literacy

Model Policies

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