Carolyn Thompson, Author at Valley News

In this May 14, 2019 photo, yoga instructor Erin Schifferli and her 12-year-old daughter, Aeva, demonstrate a stress-relieving breathing exercise in her studio in East Aurora, N.Y. Schifferli plans to wait until Aeva is 16 before getting her a cellphone out of concern that the technology, especially social media, is contributing to rising levels of anxiety and depression among teenagers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

Student smartphone stress: Teachers worry about anxiety, depression from too much screen time

by Carolyn Thompson Associated PressJune 15, 2019

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…

Mounds of ice collect along the Lake Erie shore at Hoover Beach, in Hamburg, NY, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019. High winds howled through much of the nation's eastern half for a second day Monday, cutting power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, closing schools, and pushing dramatic mountains of ice onto the shores of Lake Erie. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

High winds cut power, topple trees and trucks

by Carolyn Thompson Associated PressFebruary 25, 2019

In this Oct. 3, 2017, photo, second-graders learn to ride bikes on the school yard at Seaton Elementary School in Washington. At a time when elementary and high schools are all about getting students ready for college or jobs, physical education teachers are being urged to look beyond graduation, too, to make lifelong movers out of even the least competitive kids. (AP Photo/Maria Danilova)

P.E. Classes Shifting Toward Lifelong Activities

by Carolyn Thompson Associated PressNovember 8, 2017

In this May 12, 2017, photo, registered nurse Samantha Marz works in the nurse's office at Rundle elementary school in Las Vegas. The Medicaid changes being advanced as part of the health overhaul are sounding familiar alarms for school districts still getting their financial footing after the Great Recession. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Schools Would Feel Impact of Cuts to Medicaid

by Sally Ho Associated Press, and Carolyn Thompson Associated PressMay 15, 2017

In this Monday April 3, 2017, photo, Mary Beth Nerone, a former middle-school teacher from Rochester, N.Y., shows materials from her online store, in New York. After losing her job as a language arts teacher to budget cuts three years ago, Nerone began stocking the store with writing, poetry and other curricula exercises she created for other teachers to purchase. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A Lesson in Economics: Teachers Cash In Online

by Carolyn Thompson Associated PressApril 16, 2017

In this Aug. 9, 2016 photo, James Edwards, right, poses for a photo with, from left, fellow residents Dujour Rice, Brandon David and Tyren Jones outside the Plymouth Crossroads youth homeless residence in Lancaster, N.Y., as Edwards prepared to leave for college. Edwards completed high school while homeless after receiving bus transportation from the residence to his former school under a provision that is being expanded under the new education law. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson)

Law Seeks to Aid Homeless Students

by Carolyn Thompson Associated PressSeptember 1, 2016