Vanderbilt poll: Mental health conversations are needed as children's screen time increases
Nearly 50% of Tennessee parents said their children spent more than two hours on noneducation screen time each day.
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Nearly 50% of Tennessee parents said their children spent more than two hours on noneducation screen time each day.
A staff member of Attorney General Herbert Slatery submitted a redistricting map while Tennessee Senate Republicans refused to unveil theirs.
Date Time Tennessee parents concerned about education, kids’ mental health as COVID-19 presses on The latest Vanderbilt Child Health Poll release found that many Tennessee parents are worried about the mental health of their children during the COVID-19 pandemic, and over 80% of parents had concerns about their children attending school remotely. The Poll also revealed that schooling practices and mental health concerns have varied widely among Tennessee families of different racial and economic groups. More than half (52%) of parents were worried about their child’s lack of social intera...
Courtesy of Lewis Thomason Kaya Grace Porter, an associate in the Nashville office of Lewis Thomason, has been elected to the Nashville Bar Association's 2021 board of directors. Porter (pictured) has been a member of the NBA since her admission to law practice. She was first appointed to lead the group's diversity committee in 2018 and reappointed in 2019 and 2020. Porter is the two-time recipient of the Nashville Bar Association’s President Award and is a member of Nashville Emerging Leaders’ Class of 2020. She practices education law, labor and employment law, and general civil litigat...
Optimism rises on economic conditions; concern for children’s education is the great equalizer Vanderbilt University Generic_25980 Published: 6:38 AM CST December 17, 2020 Updated: 6:39 AM CST December 17, 2020 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The deep partisan divide in Tennessee has never been more apparent than on the questions of whether citizens will get the COVID-19 vaccine and curb holiday travel at the height of the global pandemic, according to the latest Vanderbilt Poll-Tennessee. The poll also found a deep chasm between registered Republicans and Democrats on ...