David Leaverton

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

@randystamps @mwtnews How 'bout it R Stamps! Making Midland proud!

[Chris Low @Clowfb]

To truly appreciate what Josh Heupel has done with @Vol_Football's program, consider: He's 4-2 vs. Alabama and Florida in the past three years. In the previous 16 years before he arrived, dating to 2005, Tennessee was 2-30 vs. those two rivals, spanning five different coaches.

[Trash Can @TNVolsTrashCan]

This is Tony Vitello’s first game in Knoxville in 2018. Look at that crowd. Look at what this man has built.

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

We still own the 'Noles
@Vol_Baseball

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

We own Florida State. GBO

[BigOrangeHeupel @BigOrangeHeupel]

@More_Issues @DavidLeaverton does! Crushes Peter Warrick at the plate and knocks him out of his (actually not his) cleats!

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

"Imagine the landmarks in your life - where you went to school, where you were married, where you worked and played and loved and prayed - erased."
Important perspective from the @nytimes: https://t.co/W5tOx1gl4O.

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

"Even if the war ends tomorrow, in many places there will be nothing to go back to."
📸@finbarroreilly

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

Press the kicking game. Here is where the breaks are made. True then - true always. #SpecialTeams GBO

[Tennessee Football @Vol_Football]

The General’s Maxims. 🫡

#GBO 🍊

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

#movienight #girldad
❤️ @taylorswift13

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

That's my boy! We love @franklinspecial and @fssdPGES!🎨

[Poplar Grove K-4 @fssdPGES]

Way to go Ke Xin Li and William Leaverton! Their artwork was chosen for the covers of the @franklinspecial December and January birthday card and are now on display at central office. We are so impressed by these young artists.

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

The national champion is clad in BIG ORANGE! What a night and what an amazing team.

[Tennessee Football @Vol_Football]

25 years ago today 🍊

The ‘98 Vols crowned national champions!

#GBO 🍊

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

Hoping my wife will put @ClowESPN's book, "Clad in Big Orange! 25 Years Later" under the tree 🎄 for me this Christmas! @pedimentbooks
https://t.co/N8ikGQAplv

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

Great memories on the 25th anniversary of the 1998 Tennessee national championship from the illustrious @ClowESPN in todays @knoxnews. #Vols
https://t.co/eJX2dpMuht

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

I woke up feelin' the cheesiest, coach! @CitrusBowl @Vol_Football #GBO 🍊

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

Press the kicking game. Here is where the breaks are made. #Neyland #GameMaxims

[Wes Rucker @wesruckerTBA]

In Josh Heupel's 35 games as Tennessee's football coach, the #Vols have 857 punt return yards and have allowed 44 punt return yards.

That's wild.

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

Get it 🐿!

[Tennessee Football @Vol_Football]

WHAT A GRAB. 🐿️‼️

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

A deeply nuanced and vulnerable analysis of the #Israel - #Hamas conflict from @ezraklein of @nytopinion. Hard to find #journalism of this quality. Blessed are the peacemakers who refuse to harden their hearts. #podcast
https://t.co/HDsPst57Ck

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

Overwhelmingly positive results of #PhoneFreeSchools. Encourage your child's school to do the same.

[Ian Rowe @IanVRowe]

A primary source of today’s much discussed mental health “crisis” among young people, is immediate access to mobile devices and the toxic social media apps that typically accompany them.

That’s why each morning at arrival at Vertex Partnership Academies, our virtues-based, public charter high school in the Bronx, each student deposits ALL of their devices (e.g. cell phone, AirPods, smart watch, etc) into his or her personalized Yondr pouch.

That pouch is then locked by the school, and unlocked by the school at the end of the day.  When Vertex defeated the teacher’s union and opened in 2022, we allowed student access to cell phones during the day, trusting that kids would have the self control to turn them off or not use them. In retrospect, a bad move.

When we changed the policy for 2023-24, there was some initial student howling at the beginning of the year. But now, just a few weeks into the school year, it’s incredible how much less drama there is, how much less time students spend in the bathroom, how much less distraction there is and how much less time is spent by teachers futilely policing phones, AirPods, watches, etc that somehow find a way to be used by kids.

But more importantly, it’s incredible how much more focused the students are, and how much more calm the learning environment is. As far as we can tell, the kids not only don’t miss the devices. They also appreciate not having the peer pressure of having to deal with the typical nonsense that social media brings into their lives. We have created an oasis.

We are also teaching them that they can actually survive without the devices every minute of every day. And heaven forbid, they can actually have in person conversations, human to human!

As the great economist Thomas Sowell says, there are no solutions, only tradeoffs. One could argue that there are some limited benefits of allowing cell phone use during the day such as the ability for parents to reach their child or the ability for students to do research.

But if a parent or guardian calls, a school aide can immediately access their child. There are always practical solutions. The benefits of no devices far outweigh allowing any access during the day. These little details are how we are trying to build a strong, academically focused school culture.

Lessons learned from @JonHaidt @tombennett71 @Doug_Lemov @Miss_Snuffy @rpondiscio

For more on the consequences of excessive use of devices and social media by young people: https://t.co/YGN3D4xyPb @AEIeducation

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

#VFLFilms #LFG 🥶

[Tennessee Football @Vol_Football]

the perfect video doesn't exi-

#GBO 🍊

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

@ClowESPN Not with my 45 year old dad bod! Did it when it counted though. Keep up the great work C Low!

[David Leaverton @DavidLeaverton]

What an amazing evening celebrating with my #VFL brothers the 25th anniversary of our perfect season.

[Tennessee Athletics @Vol_Sports]

perfecT 🟠

Back home again — the 1998 @Vol_Football NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 🏆

#ChampionsWeekend