Overview
- Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath presented cross-national analyses spanning about 80 countries over six decades that associate greater school technology adoption with weaker learning outcomes.
- He told the Senate Commerce Committee that Gen Z underperforms millennials on attention, memory, reading, math, problem-solving and overall IQ despite spending more time in school.
- U.S. NAEP figures cited in his presentation show scores often flattened or fell after statewide one-to-one student device programs were introduced.
- He reported that students using computers roughly five hours a day for schoolwork scored lower than peers who rarely used classroom tech.
- Experts at the January hearing urged delaying smartphones for children, shifting younger users to basic phones, limiting tech in schools, and considering Scandinavian-style restrictions on EdTech.