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¿Están las pantallas atontando a los niños? ¿Y a los adultos no?

El informe PISA refleja un descalabro en el rendimiento escolar de los adolescentes, y señala a la tecnología como el enemigo de la concentración. El mundo anterior al móvil y la IA no va a volver

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¿Están las pantallas atontando a los niños? ¿Y a los adultos no?

If we wish to look to the future with hope, and we find it increasingly difficult, nothing should matter more than education. An increasingly complex and technologically advanced world demands well-prepared individuals with their own judgment, strong values, and the ability to adapt. One must question whether today's societies and their leaders have placed this priority in the right place in terms of funding and recognition.

The PISA report, which examines the performance of 15 and 16-year-old students in 90 countries, has delivered a harsh blow this week: Spain has recorded the worst result in the history of the study, which began in the year 2000. The disaster occurs in three key subjects: reading comprehension, mathematics, and sciences. It's not just Spain that needs to do a self-examination; the OECD average is also dropping, so there must be underlying reasons affecting all Western societies.

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