** According to a recent National Center for Education Statistics School Pulse Panel survey of 1,500 schools, more than 80% say they’re “seeing stunted behavior and socioemotional development in their students.”

** While federal law requires that states test students in reading and math to show how they are improving and/or need improvement, an EdWeek Research Center survey of 1,135 teachers found that 60% of them “don’t believe these tests measure what students need to know and be able to do.”

** A survey of more than 4.6 million people under 50—4.5 million who don’t use marijuana and 93,000 who do—found that those who consume marijuana are 6.2 times likelier to experience a myocardial infarction, or heart attack.

Plus: Young users are 4.3 times likelier to experience an ischemic stroke and two times likelier to develop heart failure.

QUOTABLE QUOTES:

“I think [independence] is something we have to intentionally teach now when, in the past, it was something kids developed through play.” ~ Travis Lawrence, principal, Wisconsin’s Hortonville Area School District

“… Technology saves time that people can devote to worrying about technology’s consequences.” ~ George Will, columnist

“Social media is absolutely an attention killer for kids, and that, mixed with smart phones, has turned into the boogeyman of today’s times.” ~ UT Health, Houston

“Might boredom, which is a deeply human experience, have a purpose? Would a society without boredom also lack dreaming, which can express a creative mind?” ~ Christine Rosen, American Enterprise Institute