A common way to mitigate off-task use and digital distractions in schools has been to implement policies forbidding ALL non-educational use of mobile phones in class. Since August 2022, the Swedish school law states that mobile phone use is only permitted in class on the teachers’ initiative ...
In Massachusetts, Governor Maura Healey has not called for a cellphone ban in schools, but she should. Doing so would allow local school leaders to focus on implementation, rather than relying on hundreds of individual districts to spend weeks or months hammering out new policies. ...
PUBLIC schoolsCORPORATE cultureGOVERNMENT policyThe purpose of this study is to examine teachers ' experiences and perceptions of their cell phone policies created and implemented in their own high school classrooms. This study represents one high school in a southeast state of the U.S. after t...
South Carolina is considering smartphone restrictions, as are officials in Utah, Florida, Louisiana and elsewhere. Big urban districts, including New York City and Los Angeles, are planning to adopt no-phone policies. Setting policy is easy, writes Linda Jacobson on The 74. Enforcement is hard....
"But I'm not interested in being good, and going to great means we have to tighten up on things that have created enabling behaviors in children, in my opinion, that can be harmful to them down the line." In addition to redistricting, new policies ...
[03:52.52]to strongly restrict phones in schools. [03:56.20]A law took effect in July [03:58.96]that requires all public schools in the state [04:02.92]to ban student cellphone use [04:05.48]and block social media servi...
As schools across the country grapple with cell-phone policies, New York City\'s strict ban has everyone talkingYESAs a former New York City public-school teacher, I can tell you that cell phones don\'t belong in the classroom. A student with a cell phone is an uninterested student, ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed legislation into law that directs school districts across California to draft and implement policies that will limit students' use of cell phones during the school day.
But some critics of such policies worry the rules will make it harder for students to seek help if there is an emergency. Critics also argue that decisions on phone bans should be made by school districts, and not state governments.
San Jose Unified School Districtallows schools to create their cell phone policies. Some teachers at Lincoln High School are having students place their cell phones in caddies. A survey of Campbell Union High School District staff this year showed cell phones are an ongoing challenge. District ...