In 2024, only 31% of Vermont students were proficient in their reading, according to the national assessment. The Vermont Principals Association said early years are critical to a child's reading ...

Part of that push comes from educators who are concerned that student attention span is negatively affected by chronic smartphone use. In many English classrooms across the U.S., assignments to ...

Namely, an increased focus on test scores, teacher shortages, faltering student attention spans and disrupted learning outcomes during the pandemic in high school are contributing to the problem. As a ...

A look at the phenomenon of Beer for a Year at CSU basketball games. How often it's won (what the actual reward is) and more.

In 2003, American Psychologist Gloria Mark conducted an experiment on attention spans, specifically how long attention was held to a particular task on-screen at work. Using stopwatches ...

Ancient stone tools that were discovered in the Tunel Wielki cave in Poland around 50 years ago have been re-examined and dated. Instead of belonging to Neanderthals living in the region these tools ...

Advocate for a balanced approach to modern life by prioritizing depth of experience through friendships, silence and creative ...

The problem with measuring attention spans is that psychologists don’t agree on what attention is. Is it the ability to focus on something without distraction? Is it the ability to complete a ...

It was awesome being caught up in the moment. But it brought something else into sharp relief - how terrible my attention span is for the rest of the week. I’m not a huge fan of New Years ...