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Schools reckon with social stress

'I'm on my phone so much'

In this March 13, 2014, file photo, Hartselle High School students Lissa Blagburn and Brantlee Wright use an iPhone as they work on a networked lesson in Spanish class in Hartselle, Ala. Teachers say they're seeing so much student anxiety that a national union newsletter labels it a "mental health tsunami." Many of those educators, along with doctors and researchers, say smartphones, especially the nonstop pull of social media, are at least partly to blame. Schools are starting to react. - photo by Associated Press

stress — In this March 13, 2014, file photo, Hartselle High School students Lissa Blagburn and Brantlee Wright use an iPhone as they work on a networked lesson in Spanish class in Hartselle, Ala. Teachers say they're seeing so much student anxiety that a national union newsletter labels it a "mental health tsunami." Many of those educators, along with doctors and researchers, say smartphones, especially the nonstop pull of social media, are at least partly to blame. Schools are starting to react. - photo by Associated Press

BUFFALO, N.Y. — High school biology teacher Kelly Chavis knew smartphones were a distraction in her class. But not even her students realized the psychological toll of their devices until an in-class experiment that, of course, was then spreading on social media.

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