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Montana schools begin crafting student phone policies – Montana PBS Reports: IMPACT

Screen capture from “Montana PBS Reports: IMPACT” showing several high school students standing in a hallway, each looking down at and using a smartphone. The students wear backpacks and casual clothing. A banner at the bottom reads “IMPACT” and “School Phone Policies.”
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Montana schools begin crafting student phone policies – Montana PBS Reports: IMPACT

Montana is one of a shrinking number of states that doesn’t have a law regulating student cell phone use in school. Research increasingly suggests the devices play a role in rising rates of anxiety, depression and distractedness in kids. Some schools are taking matters into their own hands — and taking input from students along the way. Montana PBS reporter Hannah Kearse joined MTPR’s Austin Amestoy to discuss the trend.

Watch this episode of Montana PBS Reports: IMPACT.

Austin graduated from the University of Montana’s journalism program in May 2022. He came to MTPR as an evening newscast intern that summer, and jumped at the chance to join full-time as the station’s morning voice in Fall 2022.

He is best reached by emailing austin.amestoy@umt.edu.
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