Illinois governor to back ‘screen-free schools’ and join national trend to ban cellphones in class
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is planning to endorse a statewide ban on cellular devices in public schools. Martin Torres is the Democrat's deputy governor for education.
No major hitches on Day 1 without cellphones in L.A. Unified schools
Cellphones must now be put away or locked away during the school day in the nation's second-largest school system. So far, ...
The key to a smartphone free childhood is enforcing 4 ‘simple' rules, says NYU professor
Jonathan Haidt, author of “The Anxious Generation,” says parents feel “powerless” to prevent kids from using smartphones ...
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Batman Returns
Parents need to know that Batman Returns is darker and more kill-happy than the previous installment, the 1989 original film. Crooks wearing giant skull-head masks run amok at a Christmas-tree ...
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Caldecott Medal and Honor Books
Every January, the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, awards the Randolph Caldecott Medal to the artist of the most distinguished American ...
In-Depth Interview with Tariq Ali on His New Book, “You Can’t Please All: Memoirs 1980-2024”
We speak at length with Tariq Ali, Pakistani British historian, activist, filmmaker. He is an editor of the New Left Review and the author of over 50 books, including his latest, You Can’t Please All: ...