In my writing, and in my idle thoughts, I often return to Arjuna’s lament upon surveying the battlefield of Kurukshetra and finding that he must kill his friends and family. What is his duty in that extraordinary moment? What is my duty, then, in far more ordinary and less harrowing circumsta...

In the age of AI and 24/7 device dependence, you might assume that the overuse of technology — or even just new-fangled educational tools — is a relatively recent problem in K-12 schools. Well, only if you consider 50 years ago to be “recent.” Back in 1975, teachers were agonizing over t...