‘Our children are less cognitively capable,’ says neuroscientist who wants to cut screen use in schools
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The push from neuroscientists to cut school screen time collides directly with edtech and AI-in-education roadmaps. If you build learning tools, assume a future with stricter age, context, and time-on-screen constraints—and design for augmentation of teachers, not replacement of analog practices.
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