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Digital Distraction Is Ruining Education

Season 2025, Ep. 12.11

Renowned Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University and author, Dr. Jean Twenge, joins Lisa Wexler to talk about why student test scores and mental health declined since 2012 and what part technology played in this plunge.

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