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Los Angeles Just Became The First Major US School District To Limit Classroom Screen Time

The Los Angeles Unified School District, which serves roughly half a million students, has become the first major school system in the United States to formally limit classroom screen time, passing a resolution that bans first graders and younger children from using devices entirely and requires age-appropriate screen time policies to be developed and implemented across all grade levels. The move marks a significant shift in direction for a district that had dramatically expanded its reliance on tablets and laptops during the Covid-19 pandemic and is now rethinking how much that technology actually benefits children compared to how much it pulls them away from the kind of learning that matters most. The resolution will also ban YouTube and other video-streaming platforms on school-issued devices and give parents the ability to opt their children out of specific digital tools they disagree with. Implementation is expected at the start of the next school year.

The board member who brought forward the resolution said student devices were a genuine lifeline in 2020 but that years later it was time to reset, framing the decision not as a retreat from technology but as a considered rethinking of when and how screens actually help children learn best. The resolution cited research showing that children between the ages of 8 and 11 who exceed screen time guidelines face higher risks for obesity and depressive symptoms and have scored lower on cognitive assessments. It builds on a 2024 measure the district passed banning mobile phones and social media in classrooms. Advocates who have been pushing for the restrictions called it an historic reform and expressed hope that other school systems across the country would follow quickly, describing it as a major cultural shift in how schools understand the role of technology in children’s lives.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15d888ww39o

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