Digital disruption: Distracted learning affects more than just schoolkids

Schools are banning phones. But college students, workers also get pulled off-task by digital devices. Here’s how smartphones can impact anyone’s thinking and learning.

September 17, 2025

Student in a hoodie looking at their smartphone while doing school work

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Using your phone to check out of class, meetings? Try these tips

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