The Mercury News – Steve Koppman
“Studies demonstrate significantly improved academic performance follows removal of phones from schools. Lower-achieving students benefit most, narrowing the “achievement gap.” Research finds U.S. teens — their minds still forming — average six to nine hours a day online. Half tell researchers they are on phones “all the time” and half similarly feel “addicted” (smartphones stimulate addiction-generating dopamine). Many go to sleep and wake up with them. Seventy-five percent of teachers surveyed assert student attention spans have dropped in the last five years.” (more)