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From Vox: an interactive tool on school zones. How does your district do?

We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. This is how well your district does. Is your district drawing borders to reduce or perpetuate racial segregation?

"It's aggravating" versus "Now, like, we talk a lot more." Tovia Smith's report:

A School's Way To Fight Phones In Class: Lock 'Em Up At a Boston charter school, administrators take students' phones and lock them in a soft pouch until the end of the day. "It sucks," grumbles one student.

Edify's got a new editor. Welcome aboard to Kathleen McNerney of Radio Boston fame. Big things coming in 2018!

Kathleen McNerney on Twitter “A very sweet send off. Thank you , and . Very excited to take your many lessons to .”

Next year, Boston Public Schools teenagers might get a few extra minutes of sleep each day.

So Tired Teens Can Sleep In, Boston School Committee Votes To Make Classes Start Later Switching up high schoolers' schedules has been a district priority due in large part to a growing convergence of sleep science and educational activism.

This wasn't just a single episode, students say: "It's an everyday thing."

Racial Slurs In A Snapchat Video Prompt Student Walkout In Brookline Students of color said they feel the town's progressive reputation can mask what they see as a pattern of racial antagonism and belittlement.

"They started asking for a phone in first grade." From K*T Austin:

Deciding At What Age To Give A Kid A Smartphone It's a question most parents will wrestle with at some point — when is the right time to give my child a smartphone? Let's tick through a few other questions first.

"Being bilingual is an asset." A new law changes the way English is taught in Massachusetts.

When It Comes To Teaching English, Beacon Hill Says One Size Doesn't Fit All After several attempts, state lawmakers have all but confessed that there may be no single right way to teach English to students who don't already know it.

"We never see that money." So why tax it?

One Cambridge Grad Student On How The House Tax Plan Would Raise Her Taxes The GOP House bill would significantly raise taxation rates for graduate students by beginning a process of taxing tuition waivers.

"It was possibly... the worst experience of my life."

Sexual Harassment Claims Made Against Prominent BU Scientist The university and a congressional committee are now investigating allegations against David Marchant.

Half of all teachers report more anxious students. From nprEd:

Teachers Report Stressed, Anxious Students In The 'Age Of Trump' In a national survey by UCLA researchers, teachers say they have students who are concerned for themselves and their families. And some teachers have seen a decline in classroom civility.

Screen-time findings from nprEd: 42 percent of U.S. kids have their own tablet.

Young Children Are Spending Much More Time In Front Of Small Screens A new national survey of parents suggests mobile device use by children under 8 has increased tenfold in the last 6 years.