Fewer young people are reading books for pleasure.

Lowering the definition of "proficient" reading would end the "reading crisis," writes education professor. But one-third of students are very poor readers.

Digitizing classrooms hasn't improved learning. AI will make it worse.

It's not just smartphones: Classroom laptops are distracting students, say teachers.

Is ADHD a medical disorder best treated with drugs?

Internet-connected devices are distracting students -- not helping them learn.

Closing the digital divide widened the achievement gap for Chicago students.

Students behave better and learn more when smartphones are banned.

Teens average 90 minutes each school day on their phones.

How do teachers get the attention of easily distracted "digital natives?"

"Which computer should we buy?," asked the school administrators. "How are you planning to use the computers?," said the Apple sales rep....

Schools are wasting time and money on ed-tech that doesn't improve learning and distracts students.

Even elite colleges don't read very much and have trouble staying focused on books.

Ninety percent of teachers in a NEA survey want their schools to ban cellphones in class, and 83 percent back all-day bans.

California is getting on the no-phones-in-class bandwagon , reports AP. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants school districts to restrict students’...

Student behavior hasn't recovered from the pandemic, says a federal survey of public schools.

Absenteeism -- physical and mental -- is high for college students too.

Smartphones are a major classroom distraction, say nearly three-fourths of high school teachers and a third of middle school teachers in...

Phone-centered childhood is a disaster, writes Jonathan Haidt in The Atlantic. In the early 2010s, "adolescents in rich countries traded...

Seventy-two percent of teenagers say they often or sometimes feel "peaceful" when they're without their smartphones, according to a Pew...