OPINION: There are lessons to be learned from Finland, but giving smartphones to young children isn’t one of them

Since I first moved to Finland in 2013, I have witnessed an ever-deepening societal problem that has devastated student learning. Childhood has become dominated by digital devices. This is a global trend, but it disproportionately affects Finnish children. Finland’s teenagers, formerly the world’s highest achievers, still perform above average on the Program for International Student […] The post OPINION: There are lessons to be learned from Finland, but giving smartphones to young children isn’t one of them appeared first on The Hechinger Report.