The Los Angeles Unified School District voted to restrict screen time in classrooms, becoming the first major school system in the United States to do so. The approved resolution mandates the creation of a screen time policy for each grade and subject. Students in first grade and younger will be prohibited from using devices. Parents will also have a clarified process to opt their child out of technology use at school.
The vote marks a turnaround for the district, which invested in education technology for several years and was pushed by its embattled superintendent. The new policy will take effect in the upcoming school year. The district will audit its education technology contracts.
NBC News reports that Los Angeles is the first school district of its size in a major city to take on this approach, though a handful of smaller districts have enacted similar policies. The school district is the second largest in the nation.
President Donald Trump extended a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. Peace talks between the two countries will continue. Vice President JD Vance's planned trip to Pakistan for another round of negotiations was also postponed. The Revolutionary Guard said two ships were seized in the Strait of Hormuz and escorted to Iran's coast. Iran's semi-official news agency Fars reported that a third vessel has also been attacked.
The Los Angeles Unified School District voted to restrict screen time in classrooms, becoming the first major school system in the United States to do so. The approved resolution mandates the creation of a screen time policy for each grade and subject. Students in first grade and younger will be prohibited from using devices. Parents will also have a clarified process to opt their child out of technology use at school.
The vote marks a turnaround for the district, which has invested in education technology. The new policy will take effect in the upcoming school year. The district will audit its education technology contracts.
NBC News reports that Los Angeles is the first school district of its size in a major city to take on this approach, though a handful of smaller districts have enacted similar policies. The school district is the second largest in the nation.
In other news, Virginia voters approved a Democratic redistricting plan. The plan could allow the Democratic party to pick up as many as four new seats in the midterm elections. The constitutional amendment authorizes the Democratic-controlled Legislature to bypass the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission. The amendment implements a new congressional map through the end of the decade. The proposed map would leave one solidly Republican district out of 11 in the state. Virginia is currently represented by six Democrats and five Republicans in the House.
President Donald Trump extended a two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. Peace talks between the two countries will continue. Vice President JD Vance’s planned trip to Pakistan for another round of negotiations was also postponed. The Revolutionary Guard said two ships were seized in the Strait of Hormuz and escorted to Iran’s coast. Iran’s semi-official news agency Fars reported that a third vessel has also been attacked.
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