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La Cañada Unified advances student-centered review of cell-phone policy; staff recommends shifting from 'teacher discretion' to 'course-approved'
Summary
Under a Challenge Success grant, district staff presented student survey results showing an adult–student perception gap and recommended changing policy language from 'teacher discretion' to 'course-approved' to increase consistency; staff will run experiments with ASB and return with results.
District staff reported on work under a Challenge Success grant to rethink cell-phone and electronic-device policy using student voice, surveys and classroom experiments.
The presentation highlighted a consistent divide: many students said phones help or have no impact on learning, while teachers overwhelmingly see phones as harmful to classroom engagement. Staff summarized free-response…
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