Yes, paying attention to my surroundings is something I — and honestly most of us — need to improve in general, but there’s one activity in which our attention seems to particularly wane: class.

Robbi Giuliano teaches her fifth-grade class as they sit on yoga balls at Westtown-Thornbury Elementary School in West Chester, Pa., in 2013. (Matt Rourke/AP) Analysis by Valerie Strauss On July 8 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A university professor in Pennsylvania has completed a study and written a soon-to-be-published paper on the effects of text messaging by college students during class.

Pay attention at the back: Chinese school installs facial recognition cameras to keep an eye on pupils Pupil tells reporters he doesn’t dare let his mind wander after technology is installed in ...