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Megan Mitton

Megan Mitton

Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Sep 24, 2026

Jean Armstrong
Jean ArmstrongCORRESPONDENT
9:03
So what specifically, what challenges is the New Brunswick system up against that makes this a hard problem to fix? Megan Mitten.
9:13
So you're right.
9:15
There are has been a decline in scores across the country and even internationally.
9:21
And that's where the data around screen use really comes in.
9:27
And so I think it's good that there has been a cell phone ban, but I think there's a contradiction there with then still having no limit on screen time in schools and having AI really being brought in in New Brunswick.
9:47
I also think that one of the things that's really needed is earlier interventions to catch issues that a student may be having as early as possible in kindergarten, in grade one, screening them for issues with literacy and ensuring there's access to resources like psych ed evaluations.
10:08
Sometimes an issue is identified.

7 MINS LATER

Jean Armstrong
Jean ArmstrongCORRESPONDENT
17:11
I'd like to get Megan Mitten's response to what you just said.

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