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Spokane Public Schools
SPS Extra: Engage IRL aims to slash screen time and increase extra curricular activities
30 minutes Posted Sep 19, 2024 at 7:00 am.
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In this month's episode of SPS Extra, hear from students about their passions and teachers who see first hand how phones have changed their classrooms. We're talking about the districts new initiative Engage IRL (In Real Life). We talk to students, teachers and staff about how critical it is to get students off their phones and engaged in extra curricular activities. Research shows anxiety and depression have more than doubled since 2010, and 95% of teachers say mental health is an iss...