The Grade · NEWS ARTICLE · September 4, 2026
Schools Beyond Screens' Jodi Carreon describes her organization's efforts to move schools towards more mindful approach tech, which have so far been successful.
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LA’s ban on AI for all students follows limits on screen time
Straight Arrow News · NEWS ARTICLE · September 4, 2026
For the second time this week, a major public school system has barred students from using most generative artificial intelligence.
LAUSD has blocked students from generative AI. How will it teach them about it?
LA Daily News · NEWS ARTICLE · September 3, 2026
The district's restrictions cover students across all grade levels, raising questions about AI literacy and equity.
Prohíben la IA generativa en dispositivos entregados por LAUSD a los estudiantes
Telemundo en Espanol · NEWS ARTICLE · September 3, 2026
La moratoria ha estado vigente y fue aclarada el miércoles durante una reunión de un comité del LAUSD.
LAUSD restricts all students from using AI tools
K-12 Dive · NEWS ARTICLE · September 3, 2026
The ban is being implemented for the 2026-27 school year as the nation’s second-largest school system reviews its artificial intelligence policies.
LAUSD students prohibited from using AI under new policy
EdSource · NEWS ARTICLE · September 3, 2026
Los Angeles Unified School District officials announced a moratorium on AI use at its first Generative AI Ad Hoc committee meeting Wednesday.
LAUSD adopts moratorium on student AI use, another big move to limit classroom computer time
LA Times · NEWS ARTICLE · September 2, 2026
The AI moratorium applies to district-owned devices. There is not yet a district policy on what students can do on non-district devices, an official said.
Generative AI now off limits on all LAUSD devices
NBC Los Angeles · NEWS ARTICLE · September 2, 2026
An LAUSD committee discussed concerns of artificial intelligence in classrooms across the district.
LAUSD blocks students from using AI on district-issued devices
ABC Los Angeles · NEWS ARTICLE · September 2, 2026
LAUSD Bars AI Use in Schools
Los Angeles Magazine · NEWS ARTICLE · September 2, 2026
The district has blocked generative AI tools on student devices as officials review the role of AI in classrooms
How will LAUSD students use AI? Here’s how you can help decide
LAist · NEWS ARTICLE · September 1, 2026
The New Culture War Rebels Are Silicon Valley Parents
Newsweek · NEWS ARTICLE · September 1, 2026
Parents in Palo Alto are demanding tighter limits on classroom screens and artificial intelligence, creating a revealing challenge to the assumption that resistance to new technology will come mainly from people outside the industry that built it.
LA school district cuts student screen time, limits classroom tech use
Fox News · NEWS ARTICLE · August 30, 2026
Former Education Sec. Margaret Spellings analyzes classroom screen limits, standardized testing data, artificial intelligence tools and the University of Michigan's decision to withhold freshman grades during first semester.
‘A Chromebook in the Hand of Every Child.’ Did Schools Go Too Far?
KQED · NEWS ARTICLE · August 27, 2026
Classroom technology use has exploded in districts across the U.S., especially since the pandemic. Now, a growing movement of parents is asking schools to rethink their policies.
How big tech captured American schools
The New York Times · NEWS ARTICLE · August 23, 2026
Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.
After more than 15 years of laptops in the classroom, do Australian schools need a rethink?
The Guardian · NEWS ARTICLE · August 23, 2026
School laptops were touted as the ‘toolbox of the 21st century’ but many teachers and parents are calling for a rethink.
Smart Phones or Smart Kids: Pick One
The National Review · NEWS ARTICLE · August 20, 2026
The push to get tech out of the classroom
Most Teens Use AI for Homework, Even if Some Think They’re Missing Out on Learning
KQED · NEWS ARTICLE · August 18, 2026
A new study from Bay Area-based Common Sense Media suggests AI tools could be disrupting students’ development of key skills, like critical thinking and executive function.
Growing debate as major school district scales back screen time
NBC Nightly News · NEWS ARTICLE · August 15, 2026
Back to school looks different for kids in Los Angeles this year, after the second-biggest school district in the country passed sweeping new screen time rules.
LAUSD has a no-screen policy for children below second grade
CBS LA · NEWS ARTICLE · August 7, 2026
A look at one of the nation’s strictest screen time policies as LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin talks about the research on screens in schools.
Parents worry about the future of AI in the classroom
CBS News · NEWS ARTICLE · August 4, 2026
AI is only becoming more prevalent in the classroom. As school starts back up in Southern California, CBS LA's Gio Insignares talks to parents worried about the future.
Is tech helping or hurting? California school districts take action
USA Today · NEWS ARTICLE · August 4, 2026
Los Angeles Unified School District is rolling out a new policy that limits screen time and restricts device use for its youngest students starting in August, part of a broader statewide push to evaluate how technology impacts learning and mental health.
In a new chapter for classroom learning, LAUSD is welcoming students back with screen time limits
Spectrum News 1 · NEWS ARTICLE · August 3, 2026
LAUSD's youngest students will start a screen-free school year. Here's what parents need to know
LAist · NEWS ARTICLE · July 30, 2026
AI embraced by more students and educators, Instructure finds
K-12 Dive · NEWS ARTICLE · July 21, 2026
However, about a third of educators and K-12 parents support restrictions on the technology in school.
Google's AI Search is a minefield for schools
Mashable · NEWS ARTICLE · July 19, 2026
Education advocates urge schools to cut ties with Google over AI Search.
Schools try to block kids from accessing dangerous content and games online. Little kids are outsmarting them
Hechinger Report · NEWS ARTICLE · July 8, 2026
Parents, educators say if devices are here to stay, districts need to have more control, transparency
The parents movement that banned cellphones has a new target
Politico · NEWS ARTICLE · June 27, 2026
Lawmakers in both parties are embracing screentime limits in schools, a trend the education-tech industry warns could toss useful tools.
Parents Don’t Hate Ed Tech. They Just Want More Balanced Use
EdWeek · NEWS ARTICLE · June 26, 2026
LAUSD screen time limits segment
Good Morning America (ABC News video): · NEWS ARTICLE · June 24, 2026
LAUSD approves sweeping new limits on screen time
Fox 11 LA · VIDEO POST · June 23, 2026
LAUSD board approves limits on student screen time
Los Angeles Daily News · NEWS ARTICLE · June 23, 2026
Shawnee Mission parents push school board to reduce classroom screen time
KCTV Kansas City · NEWS ARTICLE · June 23, 2026
Portland school board to vote on pausing AI expansion plan
KATU Portland · NEWS ARTICLE · June 23, 2026
San Diego Unified press conference on new technology resolution
CBS 8 San Diego · VIDEO POST · June 23, 2026
The Parent Uprising Against Screen Time at School
Wall Street Journal · NEWS ARTICLE · June 21, 2026
Santa Barbara Unified Bans YouTube at Junior Highs, High Schools
Santa Barbara Independent · NEWS ARTICLE · June 17, 2026
The book fueling a movement against screens in schools
NBC News · NEWS ARTICLE · May 31, 2026
Parents push San Diego Unified to limit classroom screen use
KPBS · NEWS ARTICLE · May 28, 2026
America's tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices
AP News · NEWS ARTICLE · May 26, 2026
The EdTech Backlash Is Here, and It's Just Getting Started
Jacobin · NEWS ARTICLE · May 23, 2026
LAUSD faces questions about Edgenuity that offers online courses for students
Los Angeles Daily News · NEWS ARTICLE · May 22, 2026
Screens would be banned until 2nd grade under draft LAUSD plan
LA Times · NEWS ARTICLE · May 20, 2026
LAUSD plan would cut screen time to zero for youngest students
Los Angeles Daily News · NEWS ARTICLE · May 20, 2026
The Los Angeles Unified School District school board heard and discussed a preliminary plan to curb screen time weeks after it approved a community-driven resolution.
Put down the Chromebook! The parent army taking screens out of schools
The San Francisco Standard · NEWS ARTICLE · May 19, 2026
Tech companies moved fast and broke public education. These parents are fighting back.
My Son’s Math Homework Is Essentially Just Pokémon
The Atlantic · NEWS ARTICLE · May 16, 2026
Education games are taking over American classrooms.
Why Los Angeles Schools Moved to Limit Screentime
Chalkbeat · NEWS ARTICLE · May 12, 2026
School board member Tanya Ortiz-Franklin explains what galvanized action - and what's holding schools back from going further.
The revolt against i-Ready: Private equity-backed software faces parent, teacher and student fury
NBC News · NEWS ARTICLE · May 12, 2026
A growing number of families and educators say they’re fed up with i-Ready’s personalized math and reading lessons, which feature repetitive cartoons and slow voice-overs.
Essential or excessive? Schools grapple with use of i-Ready to support learning
EdSource · NEWS ARTICLE · May 12, 2026
Some parents and teachers say the program does more harm than good, and doesn’t improve academic outcomes.
The fierce battle over AI in schools
Mashable · NEWS ARTICLE · May 10, 2026
"They're going after our tax money, our district money, that is extremely precious and in short supply" says Anya Meksin, Schools Beyond Screens"
2nd Canvas data breach causes major disruptions for schools, colleges
K-12 Dive · NEWS ARTICLE · May 8, 2026
The Instructure-owned learning management system went offline on May 7 after a threat actor once again gained unauthorized access.
Several states — and the LA public schools — are setting limits on screen time
NPR · NEWS ARTICLE · May 1, 2026
When Lila Byock's oldest son was 11, she began to worry about how much time he spent on his school-issued iPad. It seemed as if he wasn't allowed to go anywhere without it.
Why districts can no longer ignore the ed tech pushback
K-12 Dive · NEWS ARTICLE · May 1, 2026
A school communications expert says districts need to be proactive and transparent about the ways ed tech benefits students as challenges mount.
How might the tech backlash change American education?
The Week · NEWS ARTICLE · April 30, 2026
More than a decade ago, U.S. schools started putting Chromebooks and iPads in the hands of young students. Now, parents are pushing back and demanding less screen time and more analog work for their algorithm-addled kids.
In Backlash Against Tech in Schools, Parents Are Winning Rollbacks
New York Times · NEWS ARTICLE · April 29, 2026
Los Angeles parents are fed up with schools loading up students with laptops and tablets, and assigning schoolwork on a slew of apps.
Nation’s 2nd Largest District Moves to Limit Student Screen Use
EdWeek · NEWS ARTICLE · April 24, 2026
The second-largest school district in the country will scale back classroom screen use under a resolution the Los Angeles Board of Education has approved unanimously.
What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
The New Yorker · NEWS ARTICLE · April 23, 2026
I find myself speaking with my kids about A.I. in the same terms that we might discuss a creepy neighbor who lives down the block,” Jessica Winter writes. Read her report on the push for A.I. in education...
This major school district just voted to ditch screens and go back to pen and paper
Fast Company · NEWS ARTICLE · April 23, 2026
Los Angeles just became the first major school district to put limits on screen time at school.
California tests limits of school phone ban movement
Politico · NEWS ARTICLE · April 23, 2026
Nearly two years after passing a law to restrict students’ use of smartphones at school, California’s fight over the issue is getting messier — and it’s part of a heated national debate.
LAUSD takes drastic measure to limit student screen time
The NY Post · NEWS ARTICLE · April 21, 2026
In a sweeping move that could ripple across the United States, the Los Angeles Unified School District has vowed to curb student screen time in classrooms, shifting away from laptops and tablets and back toward traditional pen-and-paper learning.
Los Angeles becomes the first major school district to require screen time limits
NBC News · NEWS ARTICLE · April 21, 2026
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board voted Tuesday to restrict students’ use of laptops and tablets in class and encourage pen-and-paper assignments instead, making it the first major American school system to do so.
LAUSD will limit screen time for students at school. How will it work?
LAist · NEWS ARTICLE · April 21, 2026
The Los Angeles Unified School Board voted unanimously Tuesday on moving toward limiting screen time for students at school.
LA school district votes to restrict screen time at school
NBC News · VIDEO POST · April 21, 2026
The Los Angeles Unified School District voted to restrict screen time in the classroom for some of the youngest students. NBC News’ Liz Kreutz has the latest on the vote and the ripple effect it could have across the country.
LAUSD will limit screen time for students at school. How will it work?
LAist · NEWS ARTICLE · April 21, 2026
The Los Angeles Unified School Board voted unanimously Tuesday on moving toward limiting screen time for students at school.
School screen time is rising: California parents are asking where to draw the line
EdSource · NEWS ARTICLE · April 12, 2026
As students spend more of their school day on laptops and tablets, parents across California are voicing concerns about the long-term impacts of increased digital consumption in the classroom...
Reducing Screen Time in LAUSD
EdSource · NEWS ARTICLE · March 30, 2026
Los Angeles Unified is facing growing pressure to limit the use of digital devices in early childhood education as research suggests a need for more tactile learning environments...
Chromebook Remorse: Why a Kansas School District is Reconsidering Laptops
The New York Times · NEWS ARTICLE · March 29, 2026
After years of pushing for a one-to-one device ratio, some educators and parents in Kansas are questioning whether the digital revolution has actually improved student outcomes...
Reevaluating screen time in schools and children using technology
CBS News · NEWS ARTICLE · March 23, 2026
CBS News Los Angeles explores the shift in educational paradigms as districts consider new policies to limit non-essential screen time during the school day...
Parents Urge LAUSD to Reach Labor Deals Ahead of Tuesday Strike
Westside Current · NEWS ARTICLE · March 20, 2026
With a massive three-day strike by Los Angeles Unified School District service workers looming, a group of parents and community leaders gathered Friday to urge the district and the union to reach a labor agreement to keep schools open...
Transitional Kindergarten: Is Technology Taking Over?
The LA Times · NEWS ARTICLE · March 19, 2026
As LAUSD expands its transitional kindergarten programs, a debate is brewing over whether 4-year-olds should be using iPads in the classroom...
AllHere Set Meeting with LAUSD Leaders Months Before Landing $6.2M Chatbot Deal
The 74 · NEWS ARTICLE · March 15, 2026
Records show that executives from the ed-tech company AllHere secured private meetings with top officials long before winning a controversial contract...
New York Students’ School Screen Time Sparks Parents’ Concern
The New York Times · NEWS ARTICLE · March 10, 2026
In New York City, parents are organizing to demand "screen-free" zones in elementary schools, citing concerns over mental health and focus...
Furious parents demand LAUSD chief Alberto Carvalho resigns after FBI raided homes
The NY Post · NEWS ARTICLE · February 26, 2026
The Los Angeles Unified School District is in turmoil as parents call for the superintendent’s resignation following federal investigations...
AI images scandalized a California elementary school. Now the state is pushing new safeguards.
CalMatters · NEWS ARTICLE · February 20, 2026
Following an incident involving deepfake images, California lawmakers are moving quickly to establish new safety protocols for AI in schools...
Logging Off: Parents Seek Balance Between Digital Tools and Traditional Learning
The Eastsider LA · NEWS ARTICLE · February 15, 2026
Eastside parents are advocating for a return to traditional materials, emphasizing the need for focus in a digital-first educational world...
LA parents and kids on the school-issued iPad and Chromebook era
NBC News · NEWS ARTICLE · January 12, 2026
Los Angeles families discuss the pros and cons of the 1:1 device era, from accessibility to the loss of traditional learning skills...