Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them::Kids are on their phones in classrooms across American, even when school rules forbid it. More states want to ban them.

    • @bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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      304 months ago

      They were. When I was in school having a smartphone out could result in it being taken away. At some point since then, the rules have seemingly changed.

      • @ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz
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        114 months ago

        Because phones got expensive. If a teacher confiscates a phone and drops it/it gets stolen from them, who’s going to pay for it? At least that’s the explanation my teachers gave around 2010 or so, when they announced they’d no longer confiscate phones.

    • @FoxBJK@midwest.social
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      124 months ago

      Parents lose their minds if they can’t contact their child at any moment. Some schools/teachers ban them already but I imagine some PTA meetings about this will be total shitshows.

    • @agent_flounder@lemmy.world
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      24 months ago

      Our district bans them in middle school and leaves policy to each teacher in HS.

      Maybe they should ban phones at work too lol