The #US spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for #laptops and #tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents
#GenZ is the first generation in modern history to score lower on #standardizedtests than the one before it.
A 2014 study of 3,000 #university #students found they were off-task on their machines nearly two-thirds of the time.
https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z-less-cognitively-capable-parents-first-time-cellphone-bans-standardized-test-scores/
https://archive.ph/8fEuy
The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology.

Fortune