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North Carolina students returning for the spring semester are facing a disconnected classroom environment, following a Jan. 1 state deadline that required all public school boards to enact strict bans on the use of smartphones and laptops during instructional time.
Published: Sunday, January 25th, 2026 @ 6:12 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd has introduced legislation in Congress that would limit children’s access to problematic social media platforms like TikTok at schools that receive federal broadband funding.
Published: Monday, February 19th, 2024 @ 10:54 am
By: Carolina Journal
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As tensions between warring camps have reached a fevered pitch, Republicans have taken a significant step in an attempt to make peace, opting to put both former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in a "Get-Along" t-shirt.
Published: Friday, August 11th, 2023 @ 11:58 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Values have been thrown out by some
Published: Thursday, March 30th, 2023 @ 8:27 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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Seattle Public School District officials filed a lawsuit Friday against social media platform owners, including Facebook, TikTok, and others, for allegedly intentionally cultivating and creating a mental health crisis among the youth.
Published: Saturday, January 14th, 2023 @ 9:30 am
By: Daily Wire
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Local dad Cory Logan glanced up from his iPhone today to mutter something or other to his teenage son about the dangers of technology.
Published: Saturday, December 24th, 2022 @ 3:49 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Higher amounts of screen time might be connected to an increased risk of developing obsessive-compulsive disorder, according to a new study.
Published: Sunday, December 18th, 2022 @ 9:49 am
By: Daily Wire
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Amazon has given fans a first look at the Orc character design in the studio's upcoming Rings of Power show, and it looks like MAGA hats are back on the menu.
Published: Monday, July 4th, 2022 @ 1:22 am
By: Babylon Bee
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Despite working from home, local man Jarron Bullenix learned today that his lifestyle is anything but sedentary when he rose for his second cupboard visit before noon, causing his Apple Watch to congratulate him for hitting his daily “Stand” goal.
Published: Thursday, June 30th, 2022 @ 1:17 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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The N.C. House will consider a bill Monday to allow mental health counselors to work across state lines.
Published: Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021 @ 10:26 am
By: Carolina Journal
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On Thursday, a New York judge sentenced former lawyer Michael Avenatti to 30 months in prison, after Avenatti attempted to extort Nike of up to $25 million.
Published: Sunday, August 1st, 2021 @ 10:59 am
By: Daily Wire
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Joy Pullmann of the Federalist sees a clear motive for Big Tech companies to censor scientific evidence that contradicts the prevailing public narrative.
Published: Tuesday, April 20th, 2021 @ 6:05 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I spent several days with three students who are, by mandate from the governor and the Mecklenburg County school board, learning at home.
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2020 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Americans, and especially our country’s youth, were already experiencing a mental health reckoning before the novel coronavirus.
Published: Wednesday, August 19th, 2020 @ 3:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Did you ride a bike as a child? Have you ridden as an adult? I've done both and was dismayed to see an article about fewer children riding bicycles.
Published: Sunday, September 15th, 2019 @ 11:41 am
By: Kathy Manos Penn
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In North Carolina, at-risk 4-year-olds unable to attend a brick-and-mortar pre-K may soon get a chance to attend virtual preschool.
Published: Thursday, May 30th, 2019 @ 1:57 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Teens are tethered to technology like never before. Almost all have smartphones; many are online constantly
Published: Friday, August 3rd, 2018 @ 12:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's a world without walls. Students can explore the vast expanse of the Great Barrier Reef or the microscopic intricacies of the human cell - all within the confines of the classroom
Published: Thursday, May 10th, 2018 @ 12:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Educators are more concerned about how much time students spend on social media at home as compared to the time they spend online in the classroom
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2018 @ 12:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the soybean fields around it.
Published: Monday, February 1st, 2016 @ 11:51 am
By: ECU News Services
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Smiling Faces Child Care Center stands like a beacon in rural Martin County, its clean, white siding contrasting with the deep green of the soybean fields around it.
Published: Saturday, January 30th, 2016 @ 3:50 am
By: ECU News Services
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For all its power and political connections, America’s higher education establishment can be very thin-skinned.
Published: Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 @ 12:45 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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If you see obese children and don't wince at what it means for their physical and emotional health, you don't have a heart. But the Left believes you and I should feel much more than concern. The Left thinks you and I are responsible for these kids.
Published: Wednesday, September 11th, 2013 @ 3:46 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The North Carolina Institute of Medicine's Task Force on Early Childhood Obesity Prevention, which has spent the last two years brainstorming new policy ideas to decrease obesity in children, soon may go beyond school cafeterias and private child care facilities and take its programs right...
Published: Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013 @ 3:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In the field of K-12 innovation, the digital device dominates. An increasing number of school districts nationwide are leveraging electronic...
Published: Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 @ 8:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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