Newcomer Academy students, faculty and staff participate in a fashion show on Friday, November 21, 2025 Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal Newcomer Academy students, faculty and staff participate in a fashion show on Friday, November 21, 2025 Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal Newcomer Academy students, faculty and staff participate in a fashion show on Friday, November 21, 2025 Michael…
With the help of more than 6,000 volunteers, two UWM researchers mapped racially restricted covenants across Milwaukee County. The new map allows the public to search for covenants by address or zoom in on specific blocks. The researchers would like to finish the project by exploring community resistance to the covenants. Most of Milwaukee County’s…
A growing number of states — 35 — have passed laws or policies limiting students’ cellphone use in the classroom, but South Dakota isn’t yet one of them. Whether the state should enact a statewide ban on cellphones or leave it up to the local control of school districts and school boards has been debated…
Wisconsin has enacted a new law requiring school districts to create policies banning student cell phone use during class. Many districts, including Milwaukee Public Schools, already have policies restricting phone use, but will now review them for compliance. Some school administrators report that stricter phone policies have already led to improved student engagement and behavior….
Can schools in Ohio legally confiscate or search students’ cell phone? In Ohio, state lawmakers voted this year to prohibit cell phone use during the school day under most circumstances. Each school district, community school, and STEM school must adopt a policy by Jan. 1 prohibiting students’ use of cell phones during the instructional day, with some…
More schools are adopting policies banning cell phones, from all-out bans that forbid students from taking their phones out at any time of day to more flexible policies that allow older students to have their phones out during lunch or other breaks. In some classrooms, students are even instructed to put their phones in what…