NYC students spend 20 days less in class than national average — as per-pupil spending skyrockets

Big Apple students are set to clock in 130 fewer hours in school than the national average, amounting to 20 days, according ...
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Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens, study finds

Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the United States down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study finds. Researchers from University College London and ...
Los Angeles Times

Enjoying this headline? You’re a rarity: Reading for pleasure is declining, study says

Researchers fear the reading decline reflects how many Americans have less and less leisure time. “Reading for pleasure, among other forms of arts participation, is a health behavior,” said one author ...

ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study

The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.
The Conversation

Our study shows younger siblings spend more time on screens than big sisters and brothers

Gawain Heckley receives funding from the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (dnr 2023-01128). Nicole Black receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Danusha ...
New York Post

Gen Z spends significantly less time outside than Gen X, new survey shows

American Gen Z spends 25% less time in nature than Gen X – because they don’t like going out alone and get too bored. A poll, of 2,000 adults, revealed the average Gen Z adult averages just 49 minutes ...