At Venice High School's recent Back to School night, I was impressed that so many classrooms had signs forbidding students to use their cellphones. But how, I wondered, do teachers handle kids who break the rule?
About a week later, I found myself among hundreds of parents in a Zoom meeting that was billed as a chance for Los Angeles Unified School District parents to discuss the district's new policy banning smartphones during the school day.
It's true that the district could have done a better job explaining the meeting's purpose, but it was valuable to hear what parents think, especially parents who also happen to be teachers.
'This is a policy that's in the best interest of kids and teachers,' L.A. Unified board member Nick Melvoin told me unapologetically this week. Melvoin, a former teacher, spearheaded the resolution.
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