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Movies are boring, say film students
Film students don't have the attention span to watch movies.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 312 min read


Teens are on phones for 70 minutes at school, 300 minutes a day overall
Teens average more than an hour per school day -- and five hours a day -- on their phones, most on social media, video and gaming apps.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 182 min read


Only disconnect: Students need offline learning spaces
College students need internet-free spaces where they can read, write, talk, think, play and sleep.

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 26, 20251 min read


Reclaiming childhood
Childhood is making a comeback.

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 14, 20252 min read


TikTok block: Australia bans social media for under-16-year-olds
Australia is trying to kick under-16-year-olds off social media.

Joanne Jacobs
Dec 13, 20252 min read


How to raise low-tech teens
To protect teens from digital addiction, parents must take charge.

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 16, 20252 min read


Kids prefer memes and make-up videos to 'War and Peace'
Should we worry that young people are spending less time reading for pleasure and a lot more time watching YouTube videos?

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 8, 20252 min read


Students learn more, fight less after smartphone bans
Bell-to-bell smartphone bans led to slightly higher test scores and attendance, says a new study.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 23, 20252 min read


YouTube vs. 'Goblet of Fire'
Fewer young people are reading books for pleasure.

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 6, 20252 min read


Kids want to play in the real world, but parents think they're safer online
Children have more freedom to roam online than to play without supervision in the neighborhood park -- or even their own yards.

Joanne Jacobs
Aug 16, 20252 min read


A college degree with no heavy lifting: Ohio State will require 'AI fluency'
Ohio State will require students to use AI. Pomona students have formed a no-tech "Luddite Club."

Joanne Jacobs
Jun 11, 20252 min read


TV is great for kids -- compared to iPads, says 'Anxious Generation' author
Digital addiction is destroying kids' ability to pay attention, says Jon Haidt.

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 5, 20252 min read


UK schools will show 'Adolescence' to warn teens about toxic 'manosphere'
British schools may show Netflix's "Adolescence" to warn students about online misogyny and "incel culture."

Joanne Jacobs
Apr 4, 20252 min read


Teachers: Overparented students are less independent
Students are less independent, more likely to ask their parents to protect them from any effort.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 28, 20253 min read


Ban phones: Teens spend a quarter of the school day on their phones, says study
Teens average 90 minutes each school day on their phones.

Joanne Jacobs
Feb 13, 20252 min read


Dumber and dumber: Americans, young and old, are slipping
Achievement is falling, and gaps are widening, for American students and adults since well before the pandemic.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 28, 20252 min read


The clock ticks for TikTok -- or not
TikTok is supposed to go dark today, but may get more time.

Joanne Jacobs
Jan 19, 20251 min read


Teens say: America, meh
Young Americans are less patriotic than older generations.

Joanne Jacobs
Nov 3, 20241 min read


Just say 'no' to authority
Would-be regulators of "disinformation" are trying to punish deviation from their beliefs, charges journalist Matt Taibbi in The Free...

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 7, 20242 min read
If the government decides what's 'misinformation,' free speech is dead
Politicians who want to protect us from "misinformation" or "hate speech" want to end free speech.

Joanne Jacobs
Oct 6, 20242 min read
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