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TIME highlights VT advocates
original link: https://time.com/7307163/parent-movement-phone-free-schools/ Aug. 4, 2025 Inside the Parent-Led Movement For Phone-Free...
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Oct 69 min read


Vermont Enacts Law to Ban Cell Phones in Schools
Gov. Phil Scott signed H.480 into law on 6/27/25. This bill includes language to prohibit student use of cell phones and other personal...
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Jul 12 min read


VT Public: Joining a growing nationwide movement, Vermont lawmakers ban phones in school
House lawmakers during a floor debate at the Montpelier Statehouse on June 16, 2025. Photo by Brian Stevenson, Vermont Public / Vermont...
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Jun 172 min read


Harwood Students and Staff Reflect on a Phone-Free School Year
The Duxbury school was one of the first in Vermont to restrict the use of cellphones during the day. Now, lawmakers are poised to impose...
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May 282 min read


NBC News: Former Surgeon General Says Congress Has Failed to Protect Children's Mental Health
Vivek Murthy, who served under Obama and Biden, called for more data transparency from social media companies so researchers can study...
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May 254 min read


VT Digger: Ban on smartphones in schools picks up steam in Vermont Legislature
After being added this week to a miscellaneous education bill, phone-free school legislation could make it to Gov. Phil Scott’s desk by...
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May 173 min read


VT Chronicle: Ban cell phones in school? Legislature ponders, documentary says yes
Vermont Daily Chronicle May 12, 2025 The film Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media has been screening around the state of VT...
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May 173 min read


WUHS/MS to implement cell phone restrictions this fall as lawmakers ponder statewide ban
The Vermont Standard ~ Thursday May 15, 2025 As state lawmakers in Montpelier ponder a ban on the use of cell phones in schools during...
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May 152 min read


Will Vermont ban cell phones?
What's happening with a bill proposed to do it Megan Stewart Burlington Free Press Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a bill banning cell phones...
lizaearle
May 93 min read


VT Digger~Final Reading: Should Vermont Ban Cellphones from Schools
Link to VT Digger: https://vtdigger.org/2025/04/24/final-reading-should-vermont-ban-cellphones-from-schools/ At least 14 states have...
lizaearle
Apr 262 min read


A Teacher's View: VT Legislature needs to ban cellphones from schools
The Chester Telegraph | Feb 10, 2025 (This was published a couple months ago, but we missed posting it here!) Two teenage boys near each...
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Apr 242 min read


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
Apr 156 min read


“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
Apr 1411 min read


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


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


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...
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Mar 273 min read


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...
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Mar 252 min read


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...
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Mar 252 min read


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


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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