Chicago high school adopts cell phone restrictions ahead of new state law
The state's new cell phone ban doesn’t take effect until the next school year, but one Chicago high school is implementing a ...
Government Technology
LAUSD Temporarily Bans Generative AI on School-Issued Devices
Shortly after New York City schools announced a ban on student-facing AI, Los Angeles Unified School District is blocking access to standalone AIs as well as AI features embedded within Google Workspa ...
Straight Arrow News
LA’s ban on AI for all students follows limits on screen time
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s ban goes much further than the one put in place on Wednesday by New York City ...
PCMag
LA Schools Join NYC in Blocking Student Access to Generative AI
The ban applies to district-provided devices, but students can still use AI chatbots on personal devices, so it remains to be ...
briefs
LA schools curb student use of generative AI on school devices as part of screen time reset
Los Angeles Unified restricts generative AI on district-issued devices amid screen time reforms and a policy review.
WPTV
Oxbridge Academy bans cellphones for upperclassmen as no-phone trend sweeps schools nationwide
Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach has implemented a no-cell-phone policy for upperclassmen, joining a growing number of ...
The backlash against screens in schools is escalating
In New York City, teachers have two more weeks to prepare for the start of school—and no access to the educational technology ...
Bay Area schools are locking up students’ phones. One district is betting there’s a better way
Palo Alto Unified is resisting the Bay Area’s shift toward all-day smartphone bans, arguing that high school students should ...
VTDigger
Vermont’s statewide ban on cellphones in schools starts this year
Sam Blair demonstrates the use of a magnetically-sealed cell phone pouch at Harwood Union High School in Duxbury in August 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Kids across Vermont will be banned ...
Business Insider
Parents are spending up to $19,000 on summer camps that ban their kids' phones
Emma Bobson spends four to six hours a day on her phone. At 13 years old, the middle schooler from Long Island, New York scrolls through TikTok searching shopping hauls, FaceTimes her friends to ...