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This school banned cellphones six years ago. Teachers — and many kids — couldn’t be happier.
Students at California’s San Mateo High School, about 20 minutes south of San Francisco, have been prohibited since 2019 from using their cellphones while in school — from bell to bell. Schools nationwide, including some in Maryland, are now increasingly imposing such bans, but San Mateo was one of the earliest and largest schools in the country to implement a complete ban on cellphones during school hours.
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Maryland Schools Respond to Opioid Epidemic with Programs that Connect Teens to Screening and Treatment
By LIZZY ALSPACH Karen Siska-Creel, Anne Arundel County’s school health and support director,...
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As coastal woodlands die to saltwater and turn into ghost forests, scientists study the causes and the pace
By Jeremy Cox Bay Journal It’s safe to say that Tree No. 160 won’t be standing for much longer....
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Youth mental health? There’s an app – many apps – for that. But are they effective?
Welcome to the modern world of mental health care, where help can arrive on your phone. Young people — and in fact, people of all ages — now have access to a variety of apps that can help them get through the day and through tough times.
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“No Kings” rally brought out thousands to Columbia
Several thousand people lined one of the busiest intersections near the Columbia Mall Saturday to...
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As young Americans struggle with mental health, online support surges – including in Maryland
By MAX SCHAEFFER Adolescents across the country have increasingly suffered from anxiety and...
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To improve youth mental health, these programs start by educating parents
The goal of the Parent Encouragement Program in Kensington, Maryland, is to teach parents how to communicate with their children in an encouraging and respectful way.
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Maryland’s push to become the world’s quantum capital depends partly on this UMD physicist
Ronald Walsworth is helping the state of Maryland become a leader in the burgeoning field of quantum computing.
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Maryland’s push to become the world’s quantum capital depends partly on this UMD physicist
By W. WADE DEVINNEY II Capital News Service Quantum physicist Ronald Walsworth is a busy guy. Over...
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Students aim to prevent school violence with help from Sandy Hook Promise
By Aug. 30, 2023, the school’s SAVE Promise Club was established and registered with Sandy Hook Promise. Since its creation, the students have run multiple advocacy campaigns in their school, including putting up boards around the school and recording morning announcements.
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UMD Baltimore’s Dr. Kirsten Lyke, a force in medicine, warns of ‘really treacherous times’
Although her colleagues describe her as incredibly humble, Dr. Kirsten Lyke’s exceptional work in the medical field not only speaks for itself, it shouts from the rooftops. Not only did Lyke help develop the first Ebola vaccine and the first Zika virus vaccine, she worked on the phase one studies of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
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‘There’s nothing left of the Republican Party’: Maryland veterans join pro-Ukraine GOP group
In the depths of the ocean, a young submarine officer spent his part of the Cold War on the USS Bluefish (SSN-675), a Sturgeon-class fast-attack submarine built to track and sink Soviet ballistic missile subs.
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