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On top of poor test scores for math and reading which may/may not be mostly attributed to the quality of education during pandemic lockdowns.
This is tragic, and terrifying.
Anecdotally, I see this in my own kids, but an actively encouraging against these tendencies.
There's a social component that was lost due to the isolation from lockdowns which seems to contribute to a lack of interest in "meatspace," in general that I can't seem to ignore.
It’s phones. Phones are a major problem that no one is willing or able to combat. Schools gave up on trying to ban them because the parents pitch a fit and go to the school board to insist they need to be able to contact their children at all times.
I asked a colleague yesterday if his daughter—who was an avid reader just a few years ago—had checked out the Libby app yet and he said she barely reads now… because she got a cellphone.*
Until we are willing to break ourselves and our children of this addiction education will continue to decline.
*I am aware there is a certain irony in me complaining about cellphones and also recommending an app that is meant to be accessed via cellphone/tablet, but the point still stands!