enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Screen time - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_time

    In more affluent private schools, there has been a larger push to remove screens from education in order to limit the negative impacts that have been found from screen time. [13] However, in public schools there is more push for the use of technology with some public schools advertising free iPads and laptops to students. [13]

  3. Mobile phone use in schools - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_use_in_schools

    As of the time when the bill was passed, almost two-thirds of Brazilian schools restrict mobile phone use during school hours and 28% of schools completely banned them. In addition, 82% of parents supported a phone ban. The ban affects students between 4 and 17 years old and was made to safeguard the mental and physical health of children. [38]

  4. Children's use of information - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_use_of_information

    Young children have more difficulty with understanding and recalling the sources of information than adults do. [1] Although episodic memory improves throughout childhood, development in the area of source monitoring tends to occur between the ages of 3 and 8 years. [2]

  5. Biometrics in schools - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometrics_in_schools

    The two countries at the forefront employing biometric technology in schools are the UK and the United States. Biometric systems are also used in some schools in Belgium [32] and Sweden [33] but were withdrawn from China and Hong Kong schools due to privacy concerns. [34] It was reported in August 2007 that Dubai are soon due to issue guidance ...

  6. Brazil restricts use of smartphones in elementary and high ...

    www.aol.com/news/brazil-restricts-smartphones...

    Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds up a bill that restricts the use of cell phones in schools nationwide, during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia, on January 13, 2025.

  7. Education for All Handicapped Children Act - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_for_All...

    The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (sometimes referred to using the acronyms EAHCA or EHA, or Public Law (PL) 94-142) was enacted by the United States Congress in 1975. This act required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education and one free meal a day for children with physical and mental ...

  8. US public schools banned over 10K books during 2023-2024 ...

    www.aol.com/us-public-schools-banned-over...

    PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools.

  9. Psychological effects of Internet use - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_effects_of...

    Children use, on average, 27 hours of internet a week and it is on the increase. This leads to an increased risk of insomnia. [39] Screen time is affecting children in many ways, not only are children at an increased risk of insomnia but they are also at risk of having eye and health developing problems.