LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas students will have to adjust to a new school year without their trusty cell phones, thanks to the “Bell to Bell, No Cell Act.” This new state law requires students to store their phones away from the opening bell to the closing bell of the school day. Many students are…
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,…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) – Florida students are heading back to school without their phones in class. A state law that just went into effect this school year is cracking down on cell phone use in public schools. Under the new law, elementary and middle school students aren’t allowed to use phones at…
When given nutritionally matched diets, participants lost twice as much weight eating minimally processed foods compared to ultra-processed foods, suggesting that cutting down on processing could help to sustain a healthy weight long term, finds a new clinical trial led by researchers at UCL and UCLH. The study, published in Nature Medicine, is the first…
MERCED, Calif. (KFSN) — On campus, law enforcement is there to keep you safe. Blue light emergency phones can quickly connect you to help and now, more resources are becoming available to enhance safety at UC Merced. “I’m excited, and I think it’ll be one of those things that will take off like wildfire,” UC…
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has advice for recent graduates: Embrace AI tools, but don’t expect any stability when it comes to the job search. Gates said smart systems have generally unearthed opportunities that are “fun and empowering,” he told CNN. However, that may not mean ambitious college graduates will land their dream jobs just by…
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Ga. (WCTV) – Across several counties in South Georgia, school officials are falling in line with state law to crack down on cell phone usage in the classroom. In Seminole County, students filed back to class on Thursday and tucked away their phones. Cell phones are not allowed on campus for elementary and…
Massachusetts lawmakers and educators are pushing forward with a bill that, if passed into law, would ban cell phones in public schools statewide.”This legislation is not about punishing students, it’s about helping them succeed,” the President of the Framingham Teachers’ Association, Christine Mulroney, said.The ban would be bell-to-bell and would prohibit all cellphones and personal…
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -When a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed into her school and erupted in a fireball on Monday, Maherin Chowdhury rushed to save some of the hundreds of students and teachers facing mortal danger, placing their safety before her own. The 46-year-old English teacher went back again and again into…
People increasingly support school phone bans — and New York got the message. As New York bans cellphone use during the school day, a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center found that support for phone bans in school is increasing. The majority of U.S. adults support prohibiting students from using their phones during…