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This is Squawk Pod, and I'm CNBC producer Cameron Costa.

On today's episode, school is starting, and so is the debate over whether students benefit from having their phones in class.

Yale lecturer Joanne Lippmann on one side.

When the pocket calculator first came out, they were banned from schools because like kids

will never ever learn how to do math. So my point being historically every time we have

these new technologies, there's a lot of fear about them and then ultimately we learn how to use them as tools.

And on the other side, member of the Smartphone Free Childhood U.S. Council, Emily Boddy.

We really need kids to develop skills before screens.

So there's critical thinking skills that come into play that will enable kids as they get older

and their brain develops more to be

able to use these tools more effectively.

Did you know the U.S. markets have an opportunity to invest directly in Ukraine?

The country's largest digital and telecom operator, Kiev Star, is publicly traded on the

NASDAQ in New York, and CEO Alexander Komarov joins

our set.

This is a kind of proof that country can develop in very, very difficult circumstances.

Those conversations, plus an orp chart restructuring in tech thanks to AI, and today's

court hearing, a Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook's lawsuit

to block President Trump's effort to fire her.

The story of the week, it's just going to keep developing.

It's Friday, August 29th, the last trading day of August.

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