As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities: civil rights enforcement to the Justice Department, perhaps; student loans to Treasury or Commerce; oversight of student disability rights to Health and Human Services. Less clear is what could happen with a more lofty…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – 72% of U.S. high school teachers think cell phones are a distraction in the classroom, according the Pew Research center. That’s why one state representative has decided to take on the issue in the state house. If the Focus Act passes, phones will soon no longer be seen or heard in…
New York City’s schools chancellor complained that $13.5 million earmarked in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget proposal to help ban cellphones is “inadequate” — even though roughly half of Big Apple schools already have bans in place. Hochul’s proposal in her $252 billion spending plan leaves it up to individual school districts to come up with…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — When South Carolina students from kindergarten through high school return from their winter break, a big change will greet many of them. Starting in January, every public school district in the state is required to start implementing a student cell phone ban, if they have not done so already. Earlier this year,…
This article was originally published in Iowa Capital Dispatch. The Iowa Department of Education has identified 377 schools that are in need of targeted support and improvement because of performance and achievement gaps among some student groups. The schools were identified as part of the Iowa School Performance Profiles for the 2023-2024 school year posted Tuesday….
Gov. Kathy Hochul doubled down on banning phones in classrooms Thursday — saying kids shouldn’t be distracted by screens during emergencies — after a lockdown at an Upper West Side school left parents railing against her proposal. “They need to be laser-focused on the adult in the front of the classroom to lead them to…