Credit: PexelsFile photo More cell phone bans could soon be coming to New Jersey schools after a state commission studying the effects of social media on young people recommended an all-day ban. Under these bans, if cell phones are brought to school, they should be securely stored by school staff when students enter the building…
In a major victory for the Donald Trump administration, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, that 19 mostly Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., could not pursue their lawsuit challenging the dismissal of nearly 25,000 recently hired federal employees. The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that the states lacked standing…
The report, compiled by the National Counterintelligence and Security Centre, alongside the Department of Education and other federal bodies, was published online on Monday, and said: “The Chinese Communist Party and Chinese intelligence services represent the broadest, most active, and persistent espionage threat to the US. It also remains the top threat to US technology…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Religious colleges that require students to sign a statement of faith cannot be excluded from a popular Minnesota program that lets high school students take college courses for credit, a federal judge has ruled, tossing a state law that she called an unconstitutional violation of religious freedom. The ruling late Friday from…
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Ahead of the new school year for public school students, parents are expressing concerns over the ride-share app the Hawaii state Department of Education is offering due to the ongoing bus driver shortage and suspended routes. The service, called GoKid, was launched by the Hawaii state Department of Education and allows parents…
New York City kids will be banned from using cellphones, tablets and smartwatches during the school day starting this fall. Each of the Big Apple’s roughly 1,600 public schools will decide how to roll out the new policy, approved Wednesday night by the city’s Panel for Education Policy in a 14 to 1 vote. “I…
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WIS) – Data obtained by WIS showed nearly 2,000 cell phone policy violations among Lexington County high schools in the last three months. The statewide cell phone ban went into effect in January and requires students have their phones put away from the first bell to the last bell, creating a phone-free…