{"id":221257,"date":"2026-05-27T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/head-of-major-teachers-union-calls-for-restrictions-on-ai-screens-in-schools\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T16:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:05:09","slug":"head-of-major-teachers-union-calls-for-restrictions-on-ai-screens-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/head-of-major-teachers-union-calls-for-restrictions-on-ai-screens-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of major teachers union calls for restrictions on AI, screens in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/nation-world\/head-of-major-teachers-union-calls-for-restrictions-on-ai-screens-in-schools-robert-f-kennedy-jr-artificial-intelligence\">Head of major teachers union calls for restrictions on AI, screens in schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/nation-world\/head-of-major-teachers-union-calls-for-restrictions-on-ai-screens-in-schools-robert-f-kennedy-jr-artificial-intelligence\">https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/nation-world\/head-of-major-teachers-union-calls-for-restrictions-on-ai-screens-in-schools-robert-f-kennedy-jr-artificial-intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-27 16:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"cbs12.com\">cbs12.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten advocates for restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) and screen usage in schools, noting that students are &#8220;drowning in tech&#8221; and calling for research into the effects of AI on student learning.<\/li>\n<li>Weingarten emphasizes the importance of human teachers rather than relying solely on technology, cautioning that a balance is necessary rather than banning tech entirely.<\/li>\n<li>Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Iowa GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds support efforts to provide science-based guidance for youth screen time, stressing the need for parental support and schools&#8217; role in limiting screen use.<\/li>\n<li>The Surgeon General&#8217;s office highlights adverse effects such as cyberbullying and growing myopia among children, urging a limit on unnecessary classroom screen time to foster healthier habits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head of major teachers union calls for restrictions on AI, screens in schools https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/nation-world\/head-of-major-teachers-union-calls-for-restrictions-on-ai-screens-in-schools-robert-f-kennedy-jr-artificial-intelligence Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":221258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/resources\/media2\/16x9\/4138\/1320\/0x1\/90\/117841e8-4c09-4630-9952-4f331b71ede8-GettyImages2167969154.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-221257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221259,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221257\/revisions\/221259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}