1+ hour, 33+ min ago   (389+ words) Textbooks, notebooks and classroom interaction will replace daily laptop use in school, while technology will be limited to specific home-based learning tasks Dubai: Public school administrations have informed parents that Grade 6 students in the general and advanced streams will no…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (313+ words) As the school year ramps up, West Po is adopting the statewide personal device ban signed by Governor Abigail Spanberger that took effect July 2026. This ban extends past cell phones to ensure that technology distractions are out of sight from…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (65+ words) The Times Is it time for parents to quit the school WhatsApp groups? They have transformed from a method of swift information sharing to a major irritation: maybe we should go back to chatting at the school gates £1 for 3 months…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (524+ words) Illustration by Luisa Dela Cruz. To scroll or not to scroll? To start off the school year, I decided to do everyone a service (or disservice), and provide a list of techniques to help you lock in like you never…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (254+ words) Somewhere along the way, though, something shifted. It was no longer just parents posting pictures of their children. Schools began creating their own social media feeds, filling Instagram with carefully curated images of the happiest, most exciting, magazine-worthy return to…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (464+ words) The committee tabled its cell phone policy after student objections, held a third workshop on the fiscal 2027 budget gap, and heard that paving invoices are being withheld over $229,500 in late-completion penalties. Students will not face a new phone-pouch rule yet;…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (545+ words) The East Providence School Committee tabled its magnetic phone-pouch policy Tuesday after a student petition organizer and residents objected, including over the use of mental health grant money to buy the pouches. East Providence students will not be required to…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (618+ words) We spent years trying to make phones smarter. Now parents may have a reason to want them to be dumber. It sounds counterintuitive. After all, the smartphone was supposed to make life easier by putting almost everything in our hands....

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (331+ words) Cornell University will hold its first Cornell Unplugged initiative Sept. 14-20, asking students, faculty and staff to reduce unnecessary screen use and spend more time in face-to-face activities. The Sustainable Computing Working Group organized the event to encourage more deliberate technology…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (388+ words) A consultation has launched into guidance on mobile phone restrictions in schools across Wales. The consultation will seek views on how to support schools in developing a mobile phone policy. The new guidance, that will be consulted on for 12 weeks,…...