Kim Bleier understands why screens became “a huge piece of the educational narrative” in the darkest depths of the COVID-19 remote learning era. They were essential to education itself.  But Bleier, a Concord High School social studies teacher, wishes students had left some of that technology behind when they returned to the classroom.  Instead, the […]

For years, Manchester High School’s policy required students to put phones away in class, but allowed them to be taken out in the cafeteria. Students could use headphones or earbuds while eating lunch, but only over or in one ear. Then, in 2025, lawmakers passed a law championed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte that required schools […]

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The average parent loses the equivalent of 48 nights of sleep each year worrying about their child — with concerns about technology emerging as the biggest contributors. A new survey of 2,000 parents of school-aged children finds that families are entering the school year under growing tech-driven anxiety as concerns over screen time, social media, […]

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Kennett High’s principal, Kevin Carpenter, has issued a new fatwa: henceforth, all cellphones shall be banned in school. About time, says I.