Several local school districts in the Miami Valley have announced closures for Tuesday. [DOWNLOAD: Free Storm Center 7 Weather app for alerts as news breaks] Dayton Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday due to the “extremely cold temperatures and negative wind chill” expected. Several other schools in Montgomery County have closed for Dayton Leadership…
SCHOFIELD (WSAW) — After passing the state Senate, a bill to ban cell phone use in school districts across the state is headed to Governor Tony Evers. The bill would require school boards across the state to implement new cell phone policies. If signed by Gov. Evers, the policy would ban non-educational wireless devices like…
This year, women hold one-third of the school superintendent’s jobs in the U.S., according to a study released by the ILO Group’s Superintendent’s Research Project this week. Half of all superintendents appointed to the top job in the largest 100 school districts were women, according to the report. Despite that, at the current pace of change, it…
Texas cannot require public schools in Houston, Austin and other select districts to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said Wednesday in a temporary ruling against the state’s new requirement. Texas is the third state where courts have blocked recent laws about putting the Ten Commandments in schools. A group of families…
Mission Consolidated Independent School District now has a new cell phone policy. It was released in connection to the new state law banning cell phones in the classroom. RELATED STORY: Bill that would ban cellphones in Texas public schools heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk The district is allowing students to bring their phones and…
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — School districts across our Northwest Florida area are sending out a final call ahead of the first day of school on Monday — if you bring your cell phone to school, make sure you don’t use it. Florida has joined states like Alabama, Texas, California and others to ban phone use…
Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it. The teenage girl made an offensive joke while chatting online with her classmates, triggering the school’s surveillance software. Before the morning was even over, the Tennessee eighth grader was under arrest. She was interrogated,…
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – After Governor Greg Abbott recently signed the bill banning cell phones in Texas schools, NewsChannel 10 is gathering the new or updated policies for area school districts. Amarillo ISD Amarillo ISD says their current cell phone policy meets the requirements. Bushland ISD Bushland ISD students must power-off all electronic communication devices…