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What Kids Are Really Doing on Phones During School Hours

New JAMA study tracking 640 teens' actual phone use reveals students spend 70 minutes daily on devices during school hours (mostly social media) despite near-universal school policies banning phones.
Schools

LA Parents Revolt Against School-Issued iPads and Mandatory Screen Time

NBC News
Are they actually stopping children learning?
Education

AI Detection in Schools Doesn’t Work. Now What?

X
Schools can't detect AI in homework anymore. Here's why they're moving to in-class testing and what it means for your child's assignments and grades.
Schools

Google Docs Cyberbullying: The Hidden Chat Rooms in Your Child’s Homework

CHC
Children are using Google Docs as secret chat rooms instead of doing homework.
Education

Social Media Use Linked to Lower Reading Memory Scores in Preteens 2025

NPR
Do we need to carve out dedicated reading time?
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School Phone Bans: New Research Shows What Actually Happens to Test Scores

Chalkbeat
New research on school phone bans shows test scores improve by second year.
Education

Technology & the Next Generation: Are We Protecting Kids, or Holding Them Back?

SheKnows
While US schools ban phones, other countries teach digital literacy. Expert warns America risks graduating a generation unprepared for tech-dependent future.
AI

China AI Robot Tutors for Children Raise Global Concerns

Rest of World
Chinese parents are buying AI robot tutors powered by DeepSeek for their children. What this global trend means for families worldwide.
AI

FTC Investigating AI Chatbots Over Child Safety Concerns

FTC
FTC launches inquiry into AI companion chatbots from Meta, OpenAI, Character.AI and others. What parents need to know about chatbot risks for children.
AI & Safety

‘Anxious Generation’ Author Jonathan Haidt Shares New Worries About Kids — and Why You Should Be Concerned

People
His book has been a bestseller for more than a year and has prompted smartphone bans in schools across the country, but in a conversation with PEOPLE, Haidt says kids are still in danger
Schools

Parents heading for court to make smartphones in schools illegal

The Times
Why are children allowed to bring in devices they can use to show torture and porn?

Smartphone bans in Dutch schools have improved learning, study finds

The Guardian
Dutch secondary schools report 75% better focus and a warmer social atmosphere after smartphone bans
Tech Boundaries

‘The crux of all evil’: what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under-14s?

The Guardian
A smartphone ban at school led to a steep drop in children’s phone use—can other communities follow?
AI

Pearson and Google team up to bring AI learning tools to classrooms

Reuters
Pearson and Google aim to reshape learning with personalised lessons powered by AI
Tech Boundaries

How To Prevent ‘Summer Slide’

Mayo Clinic
What can you do during the summer months to ensure that your children are still doing some school work without realising it?
Experts Opinions

Parent says no, stop the screen rot in schools

The Times
Is there really a need for a five year old to use a device at school?
Schools

Schools issue parents with screen time limits from birth to age 16

The Times
A coalition of 21 schools, nurseries and colleges in south London has called for parents to change their ways too — and promised that staff will do the same
Screen Time

‘It’s so boring’: Gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids – and educators are worried

The Guardian
Screen time has increasingly replaced story time, and experts warn this could lead to children falling behind
AI

Estonia eschews phone bans in schools and encourages AI

The Guardian
Country at top of education charts aims to equip students and teachers with ‘world-class artificial intelligence skills’
AI

UAE to introduce AI classes for children as young as four

The National
UAE to introduce AI classes for children as young as four
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