SocietyAustralia’s classroom disruption among worst in world, prompting calls for ‘digital detox’

Australia’s 2025 PISA results show public-school students scoring about 50 points below independent-school students in science, reading and maths—equivalent to two and a half years of study. Classroom noise and disorder also remain unusually high, prompting Education Minister Jason Clare to call for less screen time in schools.

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