NYC Schools Restrict YouTube Use by Students Amid Screen Time Crackdown
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. New York City is ratcheting up restrictions on students’ access to YouTube on school-issued devices, education officials told City Council members on Tuesday. The disclosure came just one day after Councilmembers Shekar Krishnan and Eric Dinowitz called on the city’s Education Department to restrict the […]
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