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2025 – Children and adolescents who spend more than 3 hours a day on social media face double the risk of mental health problems including experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety.
“This is concerning as a recent survey showed that teenagers spend an average of 3.5 hours a day on social media.” When asked about the impact of social media on their body image, 46% of…
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2024-2025 – Approximately 40% of students across the nation cannot read at a basic level.
Illiteracy has become such a serious problem in our country that 130 million adults are now unable to read a simple story to their children Approximately 40% of students across the nation cannot read at…
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November 2025 – MIT Study Finds Significantly Decreased Brain Engagement On Students Using AI
The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston area—into three groups, and asked them to write several SAT essays using OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s search engine, and nothing at all, respectively. Researchers used…
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November 2024 – U.S. Eighth-Graders’ Scores Decline on International Assessment of Critical Computer and Information Literacy Skills
WASHINGTON (November 12, 2024) — U.S. eighth-graders scored at the international average for computer and information literacy but below the international average for computational thinking, according to the results of an international study released today…
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2021 Study by King’s College London Details Depth of ScreenRot Among Adults
Key findings: UK adults hugely underestimate how often they check their phones, thinking they check them 25 times a day on average, when studies suggest the reality is up to 80 times a day.1 50%…
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September 2025 – Average reading scores for high school seniors, released by the Nation’s Report Card, fell to their lowest level since 1992.
Average reading scores for U.S. high school seniors have dropped to their lowest levels since 1992. This 10-point decline from the 1992 benchmark indicates a significant, long-term trend in reduced literacy skills, accelerated by, but…