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Los Angeles school board votes to ban cellphone use during school hours
Scripps News via AOL· 7 days agoThe district said that many schools, especially middle and high schools, will allow students to...
LA Schools Ban Cellphones, Citing Distractions and Health
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 7 days ago(Bloomberg) -- The Los Angeles Unified School District approved an all-day ban on cellphones, saying...
Gov. Newsom calls for statewide ban on smartphone use during school day
KTVU· 6 days agoGovernor Newsom announced his support today for banning the use of smart phones for students during...
Los Angeles School Board Bans Smartphones, Social Media in Schools
PC Magazine· 6 days agoThe Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education has voted to ban student use of...
Banning flavored tobacco products doesn’t work—we have the trash to prove it
Reason.com· 2 days agoIn recent years, Massachusetts, New York, California, and Washington, D.C., have all implemented...
Florida schools are banning cellphones. What do teachers, students think?
Tampa Bay Times· 4 days agoThe big story: Since Florida adopted a law restricting cellphone use in classrooms, several other...
California lawmakers abandon attempt to repeal law requiring voter approval for some public housing
Houston Chronicle· 15 hours agoCalifornia lawmakers on Monday abandoned their attempt to repeal the nation's only law requiring...
Watch out Stanford. California is eyeing a new legacy admission ban.
Politico· 6 days agoAlready, three states have banned legacy admissions at public universities, with Maryland’s ban also extending to private institutions (but not fining them). California ...
LAUSD is violating the law on arts education spending, former Supt. Beutner and unions allege
LA Times via AOL· 7 days agoThe text of Proposition 28 points to research that the overwhelming majority of public schools “fail...
Students sound off about the cellphone ban at L.A. schools
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoWill I be allowed to bring my phone to school? Can my access to social media platforms really be...