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Virginia to restrict student cellphone use in K-12 public schools

Wednesday, July 10 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Virginia is set to restrict the use of cellphones in schools, joining a growing list of states that are banning or limiting use of the devices in schools, citing concerns about students who are spending too much time in front of...

California’s new law requires K-12 students to learn media literacy

Wednesday, November 22 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- California passed a new law that will mandate K-12 students to learn media literacy as part of their modules plan.The bill is designed to help students develop skills in identifying false information online amid a worrying rise in distrust in the...

How Ohio’s overhaul of K-12 schooling became a flashpoint

Tuesday, October 3 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Ohio's K-12 education system has become the center of a legal battle between lawmakers and members of the State Board of Education.Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine passed HB 33 in July as part of the state's budget bill. The policy would transfer...

LACDPH to give all K-12 schools naloxone amid opioid overdose increase: District

Friday, September 23 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES) -- A medicine used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose from drugs such as fentanyl will be available at all K-12 schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District in the coming weeks, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced on Thursday.The Los...

How K-12 schools are planning for monkeypox outbreaks as a new year starts

Thursday, September 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- As children and teens continue to head back to classrooms, questions are arising about how much of a risk K-12 schools are when it comes to the spread of monkeypox.More than 18,400 cases have been diagnosed in the United States since...

Stories tagged with: k12

Virginia to restrict student cellphone use in K-12 public schools

California’s new law requires K-12 students to learn media literacy

How Ohio’s overhaul of K-12 schooling became a flashpoint

LACDPH to give all K-12 schools naloxone amid opioid overdose increase: District

How K-12 schools are planning for monkeypox outbreaks as a new year starts

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