The Digital Delusion: How Classroom Technology Harms Our Kids' Learning--And How to Help Them Thrive Again; Updated Edition by Cooney Horvath, Jared, PhD Med

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Educator and neuroscientist Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath reveals why digital tools in school consistently undermine learning--and what parents, teachers, and schools can do to push back with purpose.

Our children are struggling.

Schools, once alive with human connection, are now dominated by screens and digital tools. The result is unmistakable: declining performance, fractured attention, and the slow erosion of rigorous thought. For the first time in recent history, children are falling behind previous generations on many key measures of cognitive development.

In The Digital Delusion, neuroscientist and educator Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath reveals how the widespread use of laptops, tablets, and classroom software is undermining how children learn and develop. Drawing on decades of research, he provides practical tools for families to reassess device use at home, equips educators with the means to restore attention-rich learning environments, and helps schools make smarter decisions about technology. He exposes and dismantles the central myths driving the EdTech movement and lays out a clear path for putting people--not programs--back at the center of education. This is not a call to reject technology.

It's a call to reclaim real learning.

Author: Jared PhD Med Cooney Horvath
Publisher: Harmony
Published: 08/18/2026
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9798217423965

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/27/2026

About the Author
Jared Cooney Horvath, PhD, MEd, is a neuroscientist, educator, and author who specializes in human learning and brain development. He is the creator of The Learning Blueprint, an international award-winning program helping educators and students understand how learning actually works. Jared has conducted research and taught at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Melbourne, and has worked with more than 1,000 schools around the world. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Economist, Harvard Business Review, and PBS's NOVA. He currently serves as Director of LME Global, an organization dedicated to bringing cutting-edge brain and behavioral science to educators, students, and communities.