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Published September 8, 2026 · Category: News

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Kids need a ‘digital detox’ says education minister, as global report shows decline in reading and maths

The education minister, Jason Clare, says the results of a global study released overnight shows Australian students who are online more do worse in class, and need a digital detox.

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The experts call this cognitive stunting, that technology can be used as a crutch in the classroom. Or it also can be a distraction.

We’ve taken mobile phones, personal phones out of schools. But you go into the average classroom today and you’ll see tablets and laptops on every desk in every classroom … And the evidence is telling us that we probably need a good digital detox in our schools.

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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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