Cellphone ban in Oakland public schools starts in August

Keelung preschool license revoked over child abuse case

Taipei, July 8 (CNA) The Keelung City government on Wednesday revoked the license of a local preschool over a child abuse case, with the person in charge of the school fined a total of NT840,000 (US26,220).

High school baseball team banned for trash talk mulling appeal

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul high school baseball team recently banned for ...

Nation’s second-largest school district passes strict new screen time rules for students

Los Angeles public schools will ban screens for its youngest learners and limit device usage for other students, marking one of the most aggressive attempts to restrict the amount of time children spend on devices at school. The new rules, approved on Tuesday, will be phased in starting in August following backlash to the devices []

Ninth Circuit Is Latest Court to Block California Gender-Secrecy Law

Relying on the Supreme Court’s recent Mirabelli ruling, the appeals court blocked key parts of AB 1955 and reaffirmed that fit parents cannot be shut out of decisions involving their child’s mental health. UPDATE: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has issued a preliminary injunction against some sections of California’s SAFETY Act, which prohibited schools []

The Supreme Court Just Told California: Parents Have Rights. Deal With It.

Yesterday in Mirabelli v. Bonta, the Supreme Court put on hold California’s law requiring public schools to secretly transition children without their parents’ knowledge. The state had adopted policies directing public schools to socially transition children to a different gender identity—using different names and pronouns—without ever telling their parents. Not only were mom and dad kept []READ MORE