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Measure will also limit device use during passing periods, lunch and recess and block YouTube on district devices
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The Los Angeles unified school district’s board passed a resolution on Tuesday to curb students’ classroom screen time for the upcoming school year, in the latest effort nationwide to address adverse...
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Two school districts had similar policies that required students to use facilities that were gender neutral or aligned with their sex assigned at birth.
Thirty three children discussed possible limits the government are considering on social media.
The new government ban should be welcomed. But teachers like me know that enforcement is time-consuming – and even, sometimes, dangerous
It seems unbelievable now, but a decade ago we were debating the potential positive merits of mobile phones in schools. Back then, some private school headteachers insisted these mini-computers were a “powerful resource” teachers should “harness”...
More details are given on the nature of a ban of mobile phones in schools in England.
Independent inquiry into Bristol Brunel Academy found visit by Damien Egan was postponed solely on safeguarding grounds
An independent inquiry into a Bristol secondary school, which found itself at the centre of a media storm after postponing a visit by a local Jewish MP, has found no evidence of antisemitism or influence from lobby groups.
Damien Egan, the Labour MP for Bristol North East and...
Utah Valley University was thrilled that Sharon McMahon, a best-selling author, would speak at its graduation. And then her old posts resurfaced.
The École des Sables has established itself as Africa’s premier dance-training hub. Yet money concerns, and a new port nearby, make its future precarious.
Demographic changes will cause a glut of school places, according to National Audit Office report
A failure to account for England’s falling birthrate is leading to a glut of school places and a potential £1bn fall in pupil funding over the next three years, according to a National Audit Office report.
The government’s spending watchdog said the Department for Education started to...
Appeals court ruling is a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into schools
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Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, a US appeals court ruled Tuesday in a victory for conservatives who have long sought to incorporate more religion into...
A Yale report offers some honest self-reflection on where the university went wrong.
The university released a report that said the president, Walter Carter Jr., took trips with a podcaster and suggested that the university hire her.
At the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians, scholars wrestled with what people want from national anniversaries — and whether historians can give it to them.
Time Hoppers: The Silk Road is a time-travel adventure whose child heroes must save the legacy of Islamic scholars who shaped modern science. Its makers reveal their inspiration, and reflect on their success
‘Some people said it doesn’t exist – that it’s a fantasy.” So says Flordeliza Dayrit of the silk road, the vast network of trade routes that once connected Asia, Africa and Europe...
“CoachGPT.” A college “cookie house.” And the latest from Iran.
Government amendment to children’s wellbeing and schools bill to replace existing guidance with statutory ban
A ban on mobile phones in schools in England is to be introduced by the government to ensure that “critical safeguarding legislation” is passed.
The government will table an amendment to the children’s wellbeing and schools bill in the House of Lords after the bill was held up by...
Education minister Jacqui Smith said the move would create “a clear legal requirement for schools”.
Approximately 22,000 weekend students had been told their courses were never eligible for student finance.
Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll families with L.G.B.T.Q. children or parents sued to participate in a state-funded program.
New documents reveal what professors did to help Jeffrey Epstein get inside Harvard’s gates.