California banning homework to alleviate stress? Know about groundbreaking new law for schools

3 months ago

California students’ math and English test scores rise, but pandemic losses remain stark

LA Times

Los Angeles Unified Supt. Test scores for California public school students are trending upward — especially among Latino, Black and low-income children — but still lag behind pre-pandemic scores with a majority of all students placing below grade-level standards in math, English and science, according to state data released Thursday. Statewide, economically disadvantaged students showed the strongest gains, with an …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Simulated gunfire banned from active-shooter drills in schools under new California law

LA Times

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department holds an active shooter training drill at Rosemead High School in 2022 in Rosemead. Assembly Bill 1858, also known as the Safe and Prepared Schools Act, will standardize school active-shooter drills and direct the state’s Department of Education to update its guidance. “At the same time, school staff will have clear guidance on how …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Student phone access in California school districts will be restricted under new laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom making state the latest to limit cell phones in classrooms

Daily Mail

California schools will be required to restrict students' smartphone usage under a new law amid growing concern over social media and children's mental health. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on Monday a bill that requires schools to limit or ban the use of smartphones, in an effort to minimize distractions in the classroom and 'help students focus on …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

California orders schools to restrict cellphone use amid student distractions, anxiety

LA Times

Students retrieve their cellphones from pouches where they are stored during the school day at Bayside Academy in San Mateo, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill into law that will require California school districts to restrict or ban student cellphone use, thrusting the state with the largest K-12 population in the nation into the forefront of a …

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5 months ago

After campus protests, California considers bills on genocide education, protest restrictions, DEI training

LA Times

After a spring of tensions in schools and roiling college protests over the Israel-Hamas war, California legislators will take up three bills that would require lessons on the Holocaust and genocide in K-12 classrooms, restrict campus demonstrations and require antisemitism instruction at colleges that conduct diversity, equity and inclusion training. Holocaust and genocide education Senate Bill 1277 would require a …

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5 months ago

California Legislature again rejects bill to make kindergarten mandatory

LA Times

Barnett Elementary kindergarten teacher Jill Dillon leads her class in shaping the letter “s” for snake out of clay. Instead, students are required to attend school when they turn 6 years old — and it’s up to families if they start in kindergarten or go straight to first grade. Proponents of the bill, including the Los Angeles Unified School District …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Viral video of frustrated mother complaining about holiday homework sparks internet debate | WATCH

India TV News

During the summer break, children eagerly anticipate a much-needed escape from the sweltering heat. In the viral clip, the mother criticizes teachers for assigning projects and tasks that children cannot complete on their own, often forcing parents to step in and finish the work. The popular video was shared on X by Eminent Woke, accompanied by the caption, “Education system …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

California voters to weigh proposal to ban forced prison labor in state constitution

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California voters will decide in November whether to remove an exemption for involuntary servitude from the state constitution under a proposal the state Legislature approved Thursday. The proposed amendment would change the constitution to say that “slavery and involuntary servitude are prohibited.” Proponents of the measure want the state to outlaw forced prison labor in which people …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

California Assembly passes bill to make kindergarten mandatory

LA Times

If AB 2226 is approved by the Senate and signed into law by Newsom, it would require California kids to complete one year of kindergarten before enrolling in first grade in a public school, beginning with the 2026-27 academic year. After several failed attempts, California lawmakers are once again working to mandate that children attend kindergarten, with the state Assembly …

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9 months ago

Poland's kids rejoice over new rules against homework. Teachers and parents aren't so sure

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It helps stay on top of what the child …

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9 months ago

Poland’s kids rejoice over new rules against homework. Teachers and parents aren’t so sure

Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland — Ola Kozak is celebrating. The government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk enacted the ban against required homework this month amid a broad discussion about the need to modernize Poland’s education system, which critics say puts too much emphasis on rote learning and homework, and not enough on critical thinking and creativity. The homework rules gained impetus in …

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9 months ago

Homework circuit breaker sparks debate

China Daily

Primary students do homework at an after-school care center in Yuping Dong autonomous county in Southwest China's Guizhou province. The introduction of a homework circuit breaker by a primary school in southern China, which told students to stop working on assignments after 9:30 pm to ensure they have enough sleep, has sparked debate on the best way to reduce academic …

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10 months ago

Flamin’ Hot Cheetos could be banned from California schools under proposed bill

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Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Doritos, and Takis could be banned throughout the state under the …

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1 year ago

How will California’s new laws affect you?

LA Times

It’s January again, which means hundreds of new laws take effect in California. You could pay a smaller security deposit: Assembly Bill 12 limits the amount landlords can charge for security deposits to no more than one month’s rent, beginning July 1. You may get more paid sick days: Workers will get at least five sick days under Senate Bill …

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1 year, 3 months ago

California governor signs law barring schoolbook bans based on racial, gender teachings

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Monday to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from different racial backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities. “With this new law, we’re cementing California’s role as the true freedom state: a place where families — not political fanatics — have the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Newsom bars school book bans: LGBTQ+ textbook bill signed into law amid growing culture wars

LA Times

Gia Rueda speaks out against opposition to LGBTQ+ education materials at a school board meeting on July 18 in Temecula. It comes as school boards in California’s Republican-leaning districts have approved policies reflective of national GOP culture wars regarding “parental rights” over issues such as gender identity and racial history. “We have school districts large and small banning books, banning …

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$California approves math overhaul to help struggling students. But will it hurt whiz kids?$

1 year, 6 months ago

California approves math overhaul to help struggling students. But will it hurt whiz kids?

LA Times

California education officials on Wednesday approved a long-studied overhaul of the state’s math teaching guide, with sweeping changes designed to make the subject more relevant and accessible, stirring debate over whether it will improve poor student achievement or harm learning for 5.8 million public school students. The guide emphasizes replacing traditional instruction with a focus on “big ideas” with the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

California one step closer to ban ‘caste-based’ discrimination, could become first US state to enact such law

Hindustan Times

The Assembly Judiciary Committee in California passed a bill aimed at ‘banning caste discrimination’ on Wednesday. The bill, known as ‘Senate Bill 403,’ includes ‘caste as a protected category’ in the Unruh Civil Rights Act, as well as in fair housing and employment laws. Supporters of the bill to make lower caste a protected class in California believe that caste …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Bill to outlaw discrimination based on caste clears California Senate

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1 year, 9 months ago

No homework for students up to Class 2: Director School of Education Kashmir

Hindustan Times

After reducing the additional burden of schoolbooks, now there won’t be any homework for students up to Class 2 as per the instruction of the Director School of Education Kashmir. The circular said homework has caused stress not only to students but also their parents and students are unable to spend quality time at home and play. The circular further …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Decades after California’s affirmative action ban, legal debate stalls funding for Black students

LA Times

Students attend the first day of school at Normont Elementary School in Harbor City in 2021. “Instead, California has become the ‘don’t say Black’ state.” At a news conference Thursday at a Sacramento area school touting education proposals including universal transitional kindergarten, Newsom said that while he is unafraid to “push the envelope,” this time is different because the conservative …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Kirstie Allsopp is right – homework is a waste of time

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2 years, 2 months ago

Children's Day 2022: 4 simple tips to make your child do homework on time

India Today

"Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. "Homework provides children with an opportunity to learn self-discipline and organisational skills and to take responsibility for their own learning," says Dr Shalini Bindra, Vice Principal, MRIS. While some believe that homework is an important part of education, others believe that the time could …

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2 years, 4 months ago

California lawmakers make a deal on livable wages and affordable housing in two bills sent to Newsom

LA Times

Days after they reached a rare deal between affordable housing advocates and labor unions, California lawmakers on Monday approved two significant bills that would guarantee livable wages on projects to convert underutilized commercial buildings into housing. AB 2011, “along with its companion bill SB 6, has the potential to transform housing policy here in California,” Wicks said during a Monday …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Proposal for student cards to cover free meals fails in California Legislature

LA Times

A bill that would have granted eligible California school children an EBT card to cover meals in the summer quietly failed in the state Legislature last week. A bill that would have granted electronic benefit transfer cards to low-income schoolchildren to cover meals when class is not in session quietly failed last week in the state Legislature. Food banks across …

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2 years, 10 months ago

New California law prevents enrollment drop at UC Berkeley

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. The court sided with a neighborhood group that had sued the school, arguing university officials did not consider how adding more students would affect the environment, as a state law requires. But Phil Bokovoy, president of Save Berkeley’s Neighborhoods, said “this poorly drafted bill will result in more litigation.” “UC Berkeley does not have the …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Gov. Newsom signs law to stop UC Berkeley enrollment cuts

LA Times

Gavin Newsom has signed a law that will allow UC Berkeley to resume enrollment plans for about 5,000 California first-year students. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday that will rescue UC Berkeley from a court-ordered enrollment freeze and steep admission cuts and allow the university to resume plans to enroll more than 5,000 California first-year students. “On behalf of the thousands …

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2 years, 11 months ago

California plan to require student vaccination sparks intense debate. Here’s what we know

LA Times

A student is vaccinated by a school nurse at Arleta High School. Senate Bill 871, by state Sen. Richard Pan, would add COVID-19 vaccinations to California’s list of required inoculations for attending K-12 schools, which can be skipped only if a student receives a rare medical exemption. Under the bill, the California Department of Public Health could mandate vaccinations in …

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3 years ago

Amid pandemic, just 25% of students took statewide tests

Associated Press

California’s Department of Education said Friday that only 25% of students took statewide assessment tests in 2020-21 as schools scrambled to administer the exams in the midst of the pandemic. The requirement for assessment tests was reinstated for the 2020-21 school year but certain flexibilities were allowed, including shorter tests and giving tests remotely, the California Department of Education said. …

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3 years ago

California lawmakers may stop tying K-12 schools’ funding to daily attendance

LA Times

After decades of linking K-12 school funding to daily student attendance, California lawmakers are poised to consider abolishing that standard, choosing instead a new method that could provide a significant boost to big districts such as Los Angeles Unified. State Sen. Anthony Portantino will introduce legislation on Monday that would tie education funding to annual enrollment rather than average daily …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Parents in California protest student COVID-19 vaccine mandate, keep kids home

LA Times

Parents and students hold signs and shout at a protest Monday against the state’s pending student-vaccine mandate in front of Birmingham Community Charter High School in Lake Balboa. Groups of parents and children kept out of school in protest lined the sidewalk outside Birmingham High School in Lake Balboa on Monday, part of statewide demonstrations against California’s mandate requiring all …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Does Homework Really Make Sense For Kids During A Pandemic?

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Sally Anscombe via Getty Images As a mom herself, Lisa Maira, a kindergarten and first grade teacher in Massachusetts, is not a big fan of homework. “In fact, no study has found any academic benefit to giving students homework before they’re in high school ― and even at that point the evidence is dubious that it’s necessary to make kids …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Deal reached to get California children back in classrooms

Associated Press

ELK GROVE, Calif. — The majority of California’s 6.1 million public school students could be back in the classroom by April under new legislation announced Monday by Gov. “You can’t reopen your economy unless you get your schools reopened for in-person instruction,” said Newsom, who announced the deal with state Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Govt regulates homework for different classes, school bag weight: Parents and teachers speak on pros and cons of latest policy

India Today

The Ministry of Education released a new policy last week that regulates school bag weight and the amount of homework given to school students of all ages. The policy includes giving no homework to students up to class 2, providing lockers and digital weighing machines in schools, making potable water available on the school premises, and disallowing wheeled carrier bags. …

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4 years, 8 months ago

Cal State to suspend SAT, ACT test requirement during coronavirus crisis

LA Times

California State University, the largest public university system in the nation, announced Friday it would suspend its SAT and ACT testing requirement for students seeking admission in 2021-2022 amid continued uncertainty over the educational impacts of the coronavirus outbreak. “This temporary change will ensure equitable access to the university and should provide some measure of relief to prospective students and …

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5 years, 3 months ago

The hidden battle over California’s new vaccine law

LA Times

Opponents of legislation to tighten the rules on medical exemptions for childhood vaccinations demonstrate outside the office of California Gov. Minutes after SB 276 cleared the Assembly on a 48-19 vote, Carrie Cornwell, chief of staff to Rendon, approached an upbeat Pan and said the governor’s amendments would probably go into a new bill. “The Governor believes it’s important to …

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5 years, 4 months ago

California expands ban on ‘willful defiance’ suspensions in schools

LA Times

California schools will no longer be able to suspend students in elementary and middle school for disrupting school activities or “willfully defying” the authority of teachers or administrators, ending a practice that many say is counterproductive and unfairly applied to black students. Gavin Newsom signed legislation late Monday ending suspensions in all public and charter schools for “willful defiance” in …

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5 years, 4 months ago

California vaccine bills signed by Newsom as protesters are arrested at Capitol

LA Times

California will enact sweeping new restrictions on medical exemptions for vaccines under bills signed by Gov. Newsom said the legislation “provides new tools to better protect public health, and does so in a way that ensures parents, doctors, public health officials and school administrators all know the rules of the road moving forward.” Together the two bills would create state …

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5 years, 4 months ago

California vaccine bill exemption rules agreed to by Newsom and lawmakers

LA Times

The author of a bill to clamp down on school vaccine exemptions agreed to scale back parts of it under a deal reached Friday with Gov. “I appreciate the Governor’s commitment to sign SB 276 with amendments contained in SB 714 that we both agree upon to ensure we maintain the community immunity needed to protect our kids.” SB 714, …

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5 years, 6 months ago

California Assembly committee backs vaccine exemption law

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California Assembly committee backed new rules for vaccination exemptions on Thursday following a raucous, hours-long hearing in the midst of a national measles outbreak and renewed scrutiny of immunization policies. Under the bill, the public health department would scrutinize doctors who grant more than five medical exemptions in a year and schools with vaccination rates of …

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5 years, 7 months ago

Like Simon Cowell, I hate homework and so does my son. It's damaging his mental health

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5 years, 11 months ago

No homework for classes 1 and 2, no subject-division till class 5: Experts discuss effect of new HRD directives

India Today

The HRD Ministry issued directives on November 26 which state that students of classes 1 and 2 will only study language and maths, while classes 3 to 5 will study languages, maths and EVS. If Indian schools need to follow the new orders by the HRD Ministry, a shift needs to take place in primary education so that young students …

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