Smartphones In Schools And StoryCorps In Huntington, This West Virginia Morning

On this West Virginia Morning, smartphones are often presented as modern tools that offer us the world’s knowledge at our fingertips. But the past several years have proven they can also be a serious distraction to all age groups. 

As Chris Schulz reports, schools across West Virginia are starting to restrict access to smartphones in the hopes of directing students’ attention back to the front of the classroom.

Plus, twelve million National Public Radio listeners hear StoryCorps stories weekly on Morning Edition. These recordings are collected in the United States Library of Congress and in an online archive, which is now the largest single collection of human voices ever gathered.

Randy Yohe reports that the StoryCorps Airstream is parked on the Marshall University campus with its recording studio at the ready.

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Randy Yohe produced this episode.

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