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Category: Cell Phones

PA HB 363: An Update


A few months ago, I wrote about proposed House Bill 363 in Pennsylvania, which, in its current wording, would effectively ban cell phones and computers in public schools statewide.  I wrote a letter to my local state representative in which I voiced some very specific concerns over the possibility that this bill would become law [...]

PA HB 363: If You Can’t Beat ‘em, Ban ‘em!


Folks were all a-Twitter today about the newly-proposed legislation in Pennsylvania, PA House Bill 363.  My colleagues & fellow Pennsyltuckians Dan Callahan and Jimbo Lamb have already written about the implications of this bill, but the SparkNotes version is that the bill mandates that
cellular telephones and portable electronic devices that record or play audio or [...]

Dear Diary


My recent stint filling in as a school psychologist in a maternity-leave position was unique to me for a few reasons.  Not only was it my first “real world” exposure to working in the field (internship notwithstanding), but I was also working within a finite time period.  This job had a “sell-by” date on it, [...]