The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.” ...

Gen Z Scores Lower on Standardized Tests Than Millennials, Despite More Tech — 'The Smarter They Think They Are, The Dumber They Actually Are'

Gen Z is the first generation to grow up with Wi-Fi in the classroom and a screen within arm's reach from kindergarten onward. Millennials, by contrast, remember overhead projectors, paper textbooks ...