WASHINGTON (ABC7) — “If I let them be on these devices all the time, they would be,” said Diana Smith, Principal at the Washington Latin Public Charter School, of when students can use their cell phones during the school day. Read more…
Smartphones have revolutionised the way we live and have helped billions of people around the world stay in touch and become more productive. But recent studies suggest more than a quarter of adults and half of US teenagers feel addicted to their mobile devices. Read more…
Evan Koslof, WUSA-9, August 30, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA9) – A couple months ago, WUSA9 brought you the story of an unusual challenge at one D.C. school. The principal at the Washington Latin Public Charter School offered her students $100, under one condition. These kids had to put their screens away every Tuesday all summer.
Now with summer over, WUSA9 gave the school a visit to see how it went, and just how much money she now owes. READ MORE
By Kate McGee, August 29, 2017
Before students at Washington Latin Public Charter School in Northwest D.C. left for summer break, their principal announced an unusual summer challenge at an end of year assembly. Principal Diana Smith said if rising eighth and ninth grade students avoided all screens on the 11 Tuesdays during the summer break, she would pay them each $100 out of her own pocket.
Evan Koslof, June 20, 2017
See the McFagion family, including Kofi, explain why they are taking on the No-Tech Tuesday Challenge.
A school principal from Washington, D.C. is challenging her students to spend one day a week this summer without using any electronic devices, and is promising a reward of $100 — of her own money — for each student that completes the challenge.
“I really want the kids not mindlessly grabbing for the phone, but thinking about whether or not the phone … is going to be their source of entertainment,” Diana Smith, principal of the Washington Latin Public Charter School told ABC News.