The Ontario government is introducing new measures to crack down on cellphone use and vaping in schools as the province sees an "alarming rise" of vaping and cellphone distractions in classrooms.
Ontario is introducing a suite of measures that will crack down on cellphone use and vaping in schools. The new rules will go into effect in the 2024-2025 academic year. As of September, students in kindergarten to Grade 6 will be asked to keep their phones on silent and out of sight for the entire day, unless permitted by an educator. Students between Grades 7 and 12 have a little more flexibility, with cellphones only banned during class time. If a student breaks the rules, their...
On Sunday, the province announced new measures for schools, which also
The Ford government announced it is introducing limits on cellphone use in schools and banning vaping devices in a move to help improve learning in the classroom.
The measure comes on the heels of a 2023 ban on teaching the Tibetan language.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) -- At a school board meeting Thursday night, the Springfield City School District approved the purchase of a device to keep phones out of students' hands. Springfield is the latest school district to use the Yondr Pouch, designed to lock a student's phone inside. The pouch can be opened by a magnet []
Chalkbeat reports on a New York City high school class that is reading banned books to open their minds.
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center survey of teachers last
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center survey of teachers last
BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center survey of teachers last fall. Waning job satisfaction over the last two decades has accompanied a decline in teachers’ sense of autonomy in the classroom, according to a recent study out of Brown University...
Nenshi, now Gondek Jyoti Gondek continues to demand more money from the feds and the province. The city of Calgary has millions in a slush fund, yet she raised taxes above what was supposed to happen, made people pay to park in front of their own homes, killed the arena deal that now will cost […]
That the province has to issue such a directive reveals how insane the culture has become; mandating male and female bathrooms is not the sort of thing one used to have to do.