Screen Time

For years, the warning has been: smartphones are destroying a generation. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that decades of data on teens tells a different story — violence, alcohol use and pregnancy are at historic lows, and research shows social media may not actually be the culprit for mental health problems. Hear her analysis of what’s really troubling kids these days, and why banning them from online spaces may make things worse.

A four-month program helping K–12 districts build proactive, evidence-based screen time policy.

There’s a groundswell of negative public sentiment towards digital technologies at the moment, and AI is part of it. In this article I’ll look at where GenAI sits in the current techlash, and suggest that the real target of the techlash isn't the technology at all; it's the system that produced it.

Cellphone bans got devices out of students’ hands, according to the first large study. But behavior and academics have not improved, at least so far.

Four states have recently passed legislation to limit teaching and assessments via screens for students. So has the United States' second-largest school district.

Technology must return to its proper place in the classroom — as a supplemental tool rather than the source and summit of education.

Advocating for responsible tech use in schools to reduce screen time, protect student privacy, and promote effective learning methods.

From Salt Lake City to New York City, parents are demanding more sway over the digital tools that schools give children.

"As there was with social media, there is a mountain of data, and it just keeps growing, that these products don't do what they told us they were going to do," Rep. Angela Arsenault, D-Williston, a lead sponsor of the legislation.

2025 Blaschke Report & Toolkit The ubiquity of screens in American K-12 schools has become a pressing and controversial issue in public education. This report examines the different ways screens appear in classrooms and homes. It also examines how educators, families, and policymakers can work together to navigate their inevitable…