As of January 2026,11 states have already taken action to implement social media education into their curriculum, while 33 have put more emphasis on preventing phone use in classes. Social media use ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — State education leaders are asking lawmakers for $17.6 million in the next state budget to expand efforts aimed at reducing students’ screen time and teaching kids how phones and ...

JEFFERSON CITY — A House bill that would implement social media education was heard in the House Children and Families Committee on Tuesday. Bill sponsor Rep. Melissa Schmidt, R-Eldridge, has seen the ...

Students try out Social Media TestDrive. Source: Cornell PRYDE It shouldn't come as a surprise that teenagers are highly engaged with social media. According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, 95 ...

Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing a statewide fee on social media companies in an effort to raise $200 million a year for education, as the state grapples with a $2 billion budget shortfall. The proposal ...

In a recent survey of American teens, 95 percent reported they have access to a smartphone and even more said they used the internet daily — driven partly by social media, which new scientific ...