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The Many Lines of Evidence That Social Media is Not Safe For Teens (opens the original)
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Are Phone-Free Schools Working? (opens the original)
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Does Early Access to Social Media Harm Later Learning? New Evidence from Italy (opens the original)
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Introduction by Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch:While our primary focus in the past has been on social media and mental health, in the last two years, major declines in test scores in countries around the world have drawn <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/cell-phones-stude
Australia’s Social Media Policy Is Succeeding (opens the original)
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Why Did We Let Big Tech Take Over Education? (opens the original)
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Introduction by Jon Haidt: Tipping points. One happened for phone-free schools in 2025 across the US and around the world. One is happening now, in 2026, for raising the age for social media accounts to 16 around the world.And my prediction is that one will come for EdTech in 2027, in particular for the “1:1 device policies,” which put laptops and tablets on each student’s desk.Subscribe nowAs phones are being taken o
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