LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Unified has offered the first details of what a cellphone-free school day will soon look like as educators attempt to break the digital-device obsession of a generation of students, aiming to get them off their screens and focused on classroom learning.
The cellphone ban in the nation's second largest school district will take effect in mid-February, about a month later than originally announced, and will also apply to smart watches and any other device that can be used to send messages, receive calls or scroll the internet. Phones will not be allowed during lunch or breaks, and each campus will decide how the devices will be stored or locked up.
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