Kim Bleier understands why screens became “a huge piece of the educational narrative” in the darkest depths of the COVID-19 remote learning era. They were essential to education itself. But Bleier, a Concord High School social studies teacher, wishes students had left some of that technology behind when they returned to the classroom. Instead, the […]
For years, Manchester High School’s policy required students to put phones away in class, but allowed them to be taken out in the cafeteria. Students could use headphones or earbuds while eating lunch, but only over or in one ear. Then, in 2025, lawmakers passed a law championed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte that required schools […]
TOPEKA — Candidates running for a southeast Kansas State Board of Education seat differ on whether social issues belong in classroom conversations. While Democrat Heather Guernsey and Republican Destry Brown agree social issues should be discussed in school, Republican candidate Renee Slinkard disagreed. The four are vying to represent the southeast corner of Kansas on […]
TOPEKA — While a Democratic State Board of Education candidate believes all Kansas families should choose public school, her Republican opponent for the south-central district homeschools her three children. And both candidates have different approaches to improving literacy, public school funding and cellphone use in the classroom. The Republican running to represent the board’s 7th […]
SHREVEPORT, La. -- One year after Louisiana implemented a statewide ban on cell phones during school instruction, educators in Caddo Parish say the policy has helped reduce distractions and support learning in the classroom.
