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VT Digger: Snapchat sued in connection with Vermont child sexual abuse case
https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/15/snapchat-company-sued-in-connection-with-alleged-sexual-abuse-of-two-vermont-children/ Government &...
lizaearle
2 days ago6 min read
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“Can’t Look Away”: New Documentary Examines How Social Media Addiction Can Harm — Even Kill — Kids
For the original video excerpt from Democracy now, click here . Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media is a new documentary that...
lizaearle
3 days ago11 min read
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Times Argus: Phone-free plan won't leave MRPS students to their own devices
Montpelier Roxbury School Board By David Delcore Staff Writer Apr 3, 2025 Original Times Argus article here . MONTPELIER — There could...
lizaearle
Apr 55 min read
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Times Argus Commentary by Ben Clark: Student cell phone use
Ben Clark - Apr 1, 2025 Times Argus link to commentary here . In response to Kate McCann’s recent letter in The Times Argus, I want to...
lizaearle
Apr 53 min read
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Gov. Armstrong advocates for eliminating student cellphone use in public schools
North Dakota Monitor By: Michael Achterling - March 26, 2025 Gov. Kelly Armstrong speaks during a press conference on banning student...
lizaearle
Mar 273 min read
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VT Digger: The phone-free school bill would be an important safeguard for the well-being of our state’s children and educators
In this time of contentious educational reform with few easy answers, H.54/S.21 is a bipartisan opportunity to effect immediate benefits...
lizaearle
Mar 252 min read
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VT Digger: Our kids deserve phone-free schools
The science is clear: time is short and our kids deserve this relief now, not next year or the year after. March 17, 2025 This commentary...
lizaearle
Mar 252 min read
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VT Digger Op Ed by Jonathan Haidt: Vermont stands poised to take among strongest efforts in the nation to protect our children
Click HERE to read the Op Ed by best-selling author of The Anxious Generation Friday March 7, 2025
lizaearle
Mar 81 min read
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ORCA Media: Public Testimony on Feb. 26th during Community Support Day for H.54 / S.21
Thank you to our local cable access channel, ORCA Media for doing a live stream and posting this recording. Because we had been unable...
lizaearle
Mar 81 min read
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Students and parents make push for cell phone ban in Vermont schools
Watch the news coverage from our Feb. 26th Community Support Day at the State House by local TV news NBC5 here .
lizaearle
Mar 81 min read
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The Montpelier Bridge: Phone Free Initiative Gathers Momentum
Many thanks to J. Gregory Gerdel for covering this great public discussion in the Feb. 19 - Mar. 4 edition of The Bridge. He summarizes...
lizaearle
Feb 211 min read
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The Vermont Journal: Chris Morrow Update, Community Meeting
February 18, 2025 Hello Friends, This is not a typical legislative session, because the massive effort to improve the education system...
lizaearle
Feb 202 min read
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Flaws in a Recent Lancet Study on Phone Use in Schools
Five problems that call into question the authors’ conclusion that phone restrictions don’t improve mental health or academic performance...
lizaearle
Feb 201 min read
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ORCA Media: Panel on Phone and Social Media-Free Schools
We filled the Hayes Room at Kellogg Hubbard Library. We had 3 MRPS School Board members, a legislator, teachers, school counselors, a...
lizaearle
Feb 121 min read
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WCAX 3: Will Vermont lawmakers ban cell phones in schools?
January 29, 2025 - Watch the video here . Rep. Angela Arsenault (D-Williston) the day she read the bill in front of the House Committee...
lizaearle
Feb 111 min read
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WCAX 3: Students weigh in on Thetford Academy’s new cellphone-free policy
From WCAX.com By Adam Sullivan Published: Sep. 20, 2024 THETFORD, Vt. (WCAX) - With no statewide policy for cellphone use in schools,...
lizaearle
Feb 92 min read
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WCAX 3: Vt. school districts roll out new tactics to discourage cellphones
From WCAX.com By Lucy Caile Published: Aug. 13, 2024 SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. ( WCAX ) - Students scrolling, liking, and texting on their...
lizaearle
Feb 92 min read
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VT Digger Opinion: Save the children and prohibit cellphones in our schools
Fundamental to classroom learning is that students pay attention to their teacher. VTDigger.com By Bill Schubert April 28, 2024 (Note:...
lizaearle
Feb 96 min read
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Seven Days: VT Schools are Banning Smartphones to Limit Distractions
Harwood High School and Middle School principals, Meg McDonough (left) and Laurie Greenberg. Photo by Jeb...
lizaearle
Feb 92 min read
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kidsVT: Parents and Schools Put Limits on Phone Use
By Cathy Resmer Published August 20, 2024 Dreamstime Your 12-year-old is asking for a smartphone, saying all her friends have one. How...
lizaearle
Feb 91 min read
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