Broadband Breakfast on November 26, 2025 - The State of AI: What It Means for Kids
This discussion will explore how AI is redefining education and childhood in the digital age.
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Artificial intelligence is increasingly shaping how children learn, play, and grow. From lesson plans that adapt to a student’s pace to chatbots that help with homework, AI is moving from the background of education technology to its center stage. This discussion will explore how AI is redefining education and childhood in the digital age - and what it means for the next generation’s development, creativity, and safety.
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Keynote Remarks
- Representative Erin Houchin, 9th District, Indiana
Congresswoman Erin Houchin serves on the House Rules Committee, the House Budget Committee, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and the House Education and Workforce Committee.She proudly represents the 9th Congressional District of Indiana. As a mother, community leader, and small business owner. She is dedicated to serving the Ninth District to better the lives of all Hoosiers who call it home.
Previously, she represented the 47th District in the Indiana Senate for eight years and served as a member on several committees with jurisdiction over issues important to Hoosiers, including: Commerce and Technology; Elections; Family and Children Services; Utilities; Veterans Affairs and the Military; Homeland Security and Transportation; Energy, Utilities, Telecommunications; and Ranking Member of the Tax and Fiscal Policy.
Panelists
- Amina Fazlullah, Head of Tech Policy Advocacy, Common Sense Media
- Jenny Radesky MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School
- Corbin Barthold, Internet Policy Counsel, TechFreedom
- Drew Clark (moderator), CEO and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast
Amina Fazlullah is the Senior Director of Equity Policy at Common Sense Media. She has been an integral part of several projects relating to tech policy issues, but her expert focus is mostly focused on Common Sense's work to close the digital divide by 2025. Amina is a sought-after expert in the field and routinely presents her ideas to leaders and policy makers in Washington D.C.
Dr. Jenny Radesky is a Board-Certified Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician who serves as the Division Director of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics at Michigan Medicine. Her clinical training and interests focus on developmental health equity, advocacy, parent-child relationships, trauma, and neurodiversity. As Division Director, her vision is to improve access to family-centered, strengths-based developmental and behavioral supports in the medical system and the community.
Corbin Barthold is Internet Policy Counsel at TechFreedom. He writes on technology law and policy for outlets such as City Journal, The Bulwark, Reason, Lawfare, Techdirt, Pirate Wires, and The Daily Beast. He also hosts the Tech Policy Podcast, where he interviews leading journalists, lawyers, and academics working in technology policy. He is a member of TikTok's U.S. Content Advisory Council.
Breakfast Media LLC CEO Drew Clark has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing tool to collect and verify broadband data left unpublished by the Federal Communications Commission. As CEO and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media community advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.
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