How Gadgets (and Schools) Are Robbing Our Kids’ Futures

Classroom technology is surging while test scores plummet. And no one’s doing a damn thing about it.

We hear it everywhere: attention spans have taken a nosedive, and are accelerating thanks to the fast-paced, bite-sized, brain-hacking technology that has become social media.

We blame it on the constant “dings” and notifications, short snippets of dopamine-fueled instant gratification; sometimes I still even hear the flippant dismissal of “kids these days.”

Research backs the hunch that we’re all succumbing to goldfish-like attention spans, too. Per , in the year 2000, attention lasted on average 12 seconds, whereas by 2013 that had dropped to a measly 8.

And that was nearly ten tears ago, you know, before every 5 year old had a tablet and every 16 year old and access to games that hack their reward centers.

But it’s more than just the endless barrage of 6-second dog videos, “likes,” and flashing lights.

There’s an unspoken experiment taking place in every classroom in the United States