Los Angeles Unified School District has made a big important move that other school districts need to follow. Due to the need to put guardrails on instructional technology devices, they have decided to eliminate and or limit the use of devices their students.
Under their new policy — which has been revised since the May draft and incorporates last-minute amendments — screen time will be capped based on grade level. The caps include screen time for homework, and parents can opt their children out of bringing a device home.
- Students in early education, kindergarten and first grade are banned from screen time
- Zero to 20 minutes daily, or 100 minutes weekly, for second and third grade students
- Zero to 30 minutes, or 150 minutes weekly, for students in fourth and fifth grade
- Zero to 60 minutes per subject each week for students in sixth through eighth grade, with a cap of 360 minutes weekly
- Zero to 90 minutes per subject per week for students in ninth through 12th grade, with a cap of 600 minutes weekly
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