2+ hour, 41+ min ago   (1034+ words) After the FCC pulled back coverage for school bus Wi-Fi and hotspots, K-12 leaders are scrambling to connect students without home internet. In South Central Illinois, nearly 1 in 5 families at Bunker Hill Community Unit School District 8 don't have access to reliable…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (785+ words) The Federal Communications Commission vote reverses a Biden administration expansion of federal discounts for internet services for schools and libraries. The Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1Tuesday to remove both school bus Wi-Fi and internet hotspot services from eligibility for federal E-rate…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago   (475+ words) The uptick comes as research increasingly points to harmful effects for children and as laws proliferate restricting cellphone use in classrooms. More Americans support school cellphone bans compared to last year, with nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults " up from 68% last fall…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (193+ words) Children ages 8 and younger'had an average daily screen time of 2 hours and 27 minutes in 2024,'Common Sense Media found. Some 51% of children ages 8 and younger now have their own mobile device, up from 45% in 2017, according to new data from Common Sense…...