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Middle school is often difficult. Try experiencing it under quarantine.

The Hechinger Report

Before the shutdown, in English class, if he and classmates were writing a story he’d normally workshop his writing with others. She doesn’t have a smartphone or use social media, so it’s difficult to connect with peers. I don’t think I’m learning as well as I was when we had to go to school.”.

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Dealing with digital distraction

The Hechinger Report

Since the fall of 2016, the communications department at Dominguez Hills has banned smartphones, laptops and other personal technology in every classroom — with grade deductions for violations — except for teacher-guided use and “tech breaks” during longer classes such as Eames’s. It’s not just young people who are smartphone obsessed.