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Friday, 5 April 2024

School Boards Sue TikTok, Meta & Snap Inc For $4.5 Billion For Distracting Students

 On a windy afternoon near my home in Ontario, I met with two friends for lunch. It was an All-You-Can-Eat Sushi restaurant, which apparently costs a billion dollars these days (I still can’t believe the bill), but this story isn’t about inflation — it’s about distracted kids.

During our lunch conversation, the subject of teaching came up because one friend is back supply teaching, and the other has a cousin who teaches full-time and hears of his experiences regularly.

All of us being the same age, we remember what it was like to grow up in school where there were no phones and maybe just a couple of peers in each grade who had a very tough time paying attention and learning.

It’s not like that these days....<<<Read More>>>...