California passes school cellphone restrictions. But some students find workarounds
7 months ago

California passes school cellphone restrictions. But some students find workarounds

LA Times  

Student use their cellphones after unlocking the pouches that secure them from use during the school day at Bayside Academy in San Mateo. David and former Dymally teacher Ryan Quinn said students have brought multiple phones to school or bought their own magnet to unlock the pouch — and some even charge other students to use it. This way, Johnson said, students still have access to their phone on their “own time” — nutrition, lunch, and passing periods — but are not distracted in class. “We’re trying to prepare kids to be adults… so it’s important to teach the kids how to manage their usage of their cellphone.” Students attend class at Dorsey High School in April 2023. But “in an emergency, things are happening so quickly that taking the time to text or having the blue light of the phone is not going to help.. you may have missed really important instructions.” Sadie Hoodenpyle — a 12th-grader who has been through three campus lockdowns — said the idea that students shouldn’t be able to use their phones in emergencies is “a little out of touch.” Her first instinct, she said, is to text her sister Piper — who also attends GALA — and make sure she is OK. Then she lets her parents know she is OK, a convenience that their mom, Skye Peyton, described as a double-edged sword.

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Phone bans sweep US schools despite skepticism
3 weeks ago

Phone bans sweep US schools despite skepticism

Raw Story  

At a red-brick school in Virginia, Hayden Jones is one of 1,000 students banned from using their phones as part of a trial hoping to boost learning. That's a big concern for me," he said, adding that some pupils have found ways to still use their devices -- including by bringing a "dummy phone" to put in the pouch. - …

Results of student phone ban released
4 weeks ago

Results of student phone ban released

ABC  

Andy Park: In recent years, education departments have moved to ban mobile phones in school settings across the country. A 12-month review of the school phone ban in South Australia shows a close to 60 per cent drop in social media related problems and a nearly 40 per cent decrease in behaviour issues linked to devices. Luke Radford: Victorian high …

Parents calling for phone bans in schools to improve their youngsters' classroom behaviour
1 month ago

Parents calling for phone bans in schools to improve their youngsters' classroom behaviour

Daily Mail  

The vast majority of parents support phones being banned in schools and think it is the answer to curbing bad classroom behaviour, according to new research. Parents even ranked a total ban on phones ahead of imposing stricter classroom rules or reducing class sizes to improve behaviour. Two thirds of the teachers said they had to respond to pupils using …

Illinois governor to back ‘screen-free schools’ and join national trend to ban cellphones in class
1 month, 1 week ago

Illinois governor to back ‘screen-free schools’ and join national trend to ban cellphones in class

Associated Press  

JB Pritzker is aiming to improve student achievement, social interaction and the mental health of public school students by proposing a statewide ban on cellphones in classrooms, an idea that is rapidly gaining traction nationally regardless of political persuasion. The Democrat’s top education aide, Martin Torres, said Pritzker is expected to endorse “screen-free schools” during his combined State of the …

No major hitches on Day 1 without cellphones in L.A. Unified schools
1 month, 1 week ago

No major hitches on Day 1 without cellphones in L.A. Unified schools

LA Times  

Students at some schools in L.A. are storing their phones in magnetic pouches made by the Yondr company to comply with a new cellphone ban in Los Angeles Unified. A cellphone ban — covering some 800 schools — took effect Tuesday in the Los Angeles Unified School District, eliciting a mix of reactions but no reports of major problems. “I …

Brazil introduces law restricting smartphone use in schools amid concern over the impact on learning
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Brazil introduces law restricting smartphone use in schools amid concern over the impact on learning

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Brazilian students returned to class …

Mobile phone bans in schools not linked to grades or behavior of kids, says study
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Mobile phone bans in schools not linked to grades or behavior of kids, says study

Firstpost  

The study’s lead author, Dr Victoria Goodyear, told BBC, that the findings were not “against the ban of smartphones in schools but “what we’re suggesting is that those bans in isolation are not enough to tackle the negative impacts” Banning smartphones in schools has no real impact on improving grades and behaviours among students, a new study has found. The …

Banning cellphones in schools gains popularity in red and blue states
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Banning cellphones in schools gains popularity in red and blue states

Associated Press  

— Arkansas’ Republican Gov. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, who has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms about their effects on young people’s lives, has said schools need to provide phone-free times. Kim Whitman, co-founder of the Phone Free Schools Movement, said the issue is catching on because parents and teachers in both red and …

Democrat, Republican states unite in seeking mobile phone ban in US schools
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Democrat, Republican states unite in seeking mobile phone ban in US schools

India Today  

Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom have little in common ideologically, but the two have both been vocal supporters of an idea that’s been rapidly gaining bipartisan ground in the states: Students’ cellphones need to be banned during the school day. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, who has called on Congress to require warning labels on social …

Classroom cellphone bans gain bipartisan momentum across US states
Top News
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Classroom cellphone bans gain bipartisan momentum across US states

India Today  

LITTLE ROCK: Arkansas’ Republican Gov. The push for cellphone bans has been driven by concerns about the impact screen time has on children’s mental health and complaints from teachers that cellphones have become a constant distraction in the classroom. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, who has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms about their effects …

New Brazil law restricts use of smartphones in elementary and high schools
2 months, 2 weeks ago

New Brazil law restricts use of smartphones in elementary and high schools

Live Mint  

SAO PAULO — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday signed a bill restricting the use of smartphones at school, following a global trend for such limitations. A survey released in October by Brazilian pollster Datafolha said that almost two-thirds of respondents supported banning the use of smartphones by children and teenagers at schools. “There's still a lot …

Confiscation. Calls home. Sealed pouches. Why schools struggle to ban cellphones
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Confiscation. Calls home. Sealed pouches. Why schools struggle to ban cellphones

LA Times  

Angelica Zamora-Reyes, a senior at Downtown Magnets High School, works on her smartphone at her home in Los Angeles in July. “That’s why rules limiting phone usage in a consistent manner for all in a given setting like schools are more likely to be effective than individual approaches by individual parents, or even individual teachers.” It also may be easier …

Just 18% of teachers think phone ban would improve pupil behaviour – poll
4 months ago

Just 18% of teachers think phone ban would improve pupil behaviour – poll

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Views are clearly mixed about whether mobile phones can be used as learning tools in …

‘Turned off and stored.’ LAUSD reveals details on school cellphone ban to begin Feb. 18
4 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Turned off and stored.’ LAUSD reveals details on school cellphone ban to begin Feb. 18

LA Times  

Students retrieve their cellphones from pouches where they are stored during the school day at Bayside Academy in San Mateo, Calif. 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 …

In this Florida school district, some parents are pushing back against a cell phone ban
4 months, 3 weeks ago

In this Florida school district, some parents are pushing back against a cell phone ban

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Since the beginning of the 2024 …

In this Florida school district, some parents are pushing back against a cellphone ban
4 months, 3 weeks ago

In this Florida school district, some parents are pushing back against a cellphone ban

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It’s no surprise that students are pushing back on cellphone bans in classrooms. But a survey sent out by the South Florida school district earlier this fall found that of the more than 70,000 students, teachers and parents surveyed, nearly one in five parents believe the cellphone ban is having a negative impact on their student’s wellbeing. …

Student phone access in California school districts will be restricted under new laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom making state the latest to limit cell phones in classrooms
6 months ago

Student phone access in California school districts will be restricted under new laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom making state the latest to limit cell phones in classrooms

Daily Mail  

California schools will be required to restrict students' smartphone usage under a new law amid growing concern over social media and children's mental health. California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on Monday a bill that requires schools to limit or ban the use of smartphones, in an effort to minimize distractions in the classroom and 'help students focus on …

California orders schools to restrict cellphone use amid student distractions, anxiety
6 months, 1 week ago

California orders schools to restrict cellphone use amid student distractions, anxiety

LA Times  

Students retrieve their cellphones from pouches where they are stored during the school day at Bayside Academy in San Mateo, Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill into law that will require California school districts to restrict or ban student cellphone use, thrusting the state with the largest K-12 population in the nation into the forefront of a …

Opinion: Los Angeles school kids, get off your damn phones! You'll thank us later
6 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Los Angeles school kids, get off your damn phones! You'll thank us later

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Unified School District will ban cellphones in classrooms starting in January. About a week later, I found myself among hundreds of parents in a Zoom meeting that was billed as a chance for Los Angeles Unified School District parents to discuss the district’s new policy banning smartphones during the school day. That realization prompted one father to …

Indiana's cellphone ban means less school drama. But students miss their headphones
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Indiana's cellphone ban means less school drama. But students miss their headphones

NPR  

Indiana's cellphone ban means less school drama. "And last year, I had a whole bunch of missing assignments," says Jadon, a sophomore at Beech Grove High School near Indianapolis. Beech Grove City Schools Superintendent Laura Hammack says she expected more pushback and disruption from students in reaction to the new law, but their response so far has been "absolutely incredible." …

Will students really get off cellphones? California’s Phone-Free Schools Act, explained
7 months ago

Will students really get off cellphones? California’s Phone-Free Schools Act, explained

LA Times  

William Schnider, a 17-year-old at Van Nuys High School and a student in the medical magnet program, has said he is against the cellphone ban announced by Los Angeles Unified School District. “We obviously require districts to take action by passing a policy to limit smartphone use, but we don’t tell them exactly how they have to do that.” Many …

France looking to ban phones in school
7 months ago

France looking to ban phones in school

China Daily  

France is to try out a ban on mobile phones at school for students aged 15 and under in an effort to give youngsters a "digital pause". The report noted what it said was "a very clear consensus on the direct and indirect negative effects of digital devices on sleep, on being sedentary, a lack of physical activity, and the …

France looking to ban phones in school
7 months ago

France looking to ban phones in school

China Daily  

By JULIAN SHEA in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-08-29 09:41 France is to try out a ban on mobile phones at school for students aged 15 and under in an effort to give youngsters a "digital pause". The report noted what it said was "a very clear consensus on the direct and indirect negative effects of digital …

Editorial: Yes, more schools should ban student cellphones
7 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: Yes, more schools should ban student cellphones

LA Times  

William Schnider, a 17-year-old rising senior at Van Nuys High School, is against the upcoming cellphone ban in Los Angeles schools but says he understands why it is going to be enacted. Opinion Opinion: Why LAUSD should ban smartphones in schools L.A.’s principals and teachers need a policy aligned with current research, which shows that curbing phone use in schools …

Virginia joins other states with effort to restrict cellphones in schools
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Virginia joins other states with effort to restrict cellphones in schools

Associated Press  

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Virginia on Tuesday joined a growing number of states that are pushing for cellphone restrictions in public schools, citing concerns over students’ academic achievement and mental health. The National Center for Education Statistics reported that 76% of public schools prohibited “non-academic cell phone use” during the 2021-2022 school year. For example, Loudoun County Public Schools, in …

Teachers want to expand mobile phone ban at secondary schools after early success
9 months, 1 week ago

Teachers want to expand mobile phone ban at secondary schools after early success

NL Times  

Secondary school teachers are generally positive about the government guideline to ban smartphones in the classroom. Most believe the ban led to more calm and concentration in the class, and more than half want to expand the guideline to ban phones from school altogether, according to a survey of 4,206 secondary school staff members by the teacher’s union AOb. According …

Opinion: Smartphones have silenced kids, and that isn’t a good thing. Hooray for LAUSD’s ban
9 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Smartphones have silenced kids, and that isn’t a good thing. Hooray for LAUSD’s ban

LA Times  

A high school student look at her phone in 2019. Now, our letter writers are once again united, but this time in praise: With barely any exceptions, they’re writing in approval of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s ban on phones during the school day. To the editor: I just finished my 29th year teaching high school English and would …

Los Angeles moves to ban smartphone use in school
9 months, 1 week ago

Los Angeles moves to ban smartphone use in school

Raw Story  

Education bosses in Los Angeles voted Tuesday to work towards a complete ban on the use of smartphones in the city’s schools. “Schools that have…already implemented a phone-free school day report incredible results — kids are happier, they’re talking to one another, their academics are up,” said board member Nick Melvoin, who proposed the ban. It says eliminating phone and …

Can LAUSD's cellphone ban help break kids' addiction?
9 months, 1 week ago

Can LAUSD's cellphone ban help break kids' addiction?

LA Times  

Smartphones in schools are distracting for students, and honor codes dictating no phone use make more work for teachers and staff who then have to police their use. It will not be easy, but schools are the best place to curb the overuse of cellphones and help break the addiction, writes columnist Robin Abcarian: “It’s very difficult to control our …

California governor wants to restrict smartphone usage in schools
9 months, 1 week ago

California governor wants to restrict smartphone usage in schools

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday that he wants to restrict students’ usage of smartphones during the school day, citing the mental health risks of social media. “We support legislation which empowers school leaders to make policy decisions at a local level that reflect their community’s concerns and what’s necessary to support their students,” spokesperson Troy Flint …

Column: Los Angeles public schools will ban cellphones. What’s not to like?
9 months, 1 week ago

Column: Los Angeles public schools will ban cellphones. What’s not to like?

LA Times  

Every time I write about smartphones taking a toll on adolescents, I get tut-tutted by critics accusing me of promoting moral panic. In a recent Times opinion essay, Los Angeles Board of Education member Nick Melvoin called for a ban on smartphones in L.A.’s public schools. In Spain, he added, the test scores of students at schools that have banned …

LAUSD, fed up with kids distracted by social media, to consider cellphone ban
9 months, 2 weeks ago

LAUSD, fed up with kids distracted by social media, to consider cellphone ban

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Unified School District board is considering a resolution that would ban student cellphone use. It directs staff to “develop and present to the public” policies that would prohibit student use of cellphones and social media “during the entire school day,” including lunch and breaks. “Simply put, they make kids more depressed and just plain dumber.” District high …

Opinion: Why LAUSD should ban smartphones in schools
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Why LAUSD should ban smartphones in schools

LA Times  

Smartphones in schools are distracting for students, and honor codes dictating no phone use make more work for teachers and staff who then have to police their use. In psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s book, “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Creating an Epidemic of Mental Illness,” he shows how the use of smartphones and social media, as …

School ban on phones results in concentration and conversation
10 months, 1 week ago

School ban on phones results in concentration and conversation

Dutch News  

Pupils no longer allowed to use their mobile phones in school are chatting to each other more and are better able to concentrate but not all are happy, a survey by the Radboud University in Nijmegen has shown. The research team gauged the opinions of some 1,000 parents, pupils and teachers at two schools in Nijmegen both before and three …

Phone ban could improve school performance and student wellbeing, study says
11 months ago

Phone ban could improve school performance and student wellbeing, study says

The Independent  

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School tries to break pupils’ addiction to smartphones with 12-hour day
11 months, 1 week ago

School tries to break pupils’ addiction to smartphones with 12-hour day

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A school is introducing a 12-hour day this week in …

Kids are using phones in class, even when it’s against the rules. Should schools ban them all day?
1 year, 1 month ago

Kids are using phones in class, even when it’s against the rules. Should schools ban them all day?

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. Those days are gone,” said James Granger, who requires students in his science classes at a Los Angeles-area high school to place their phones in “a cellphone cubby” with numbered slots. They are not a behavior issue.” A study last year …

Ban mobiles in school? Eton has a better answer
1 year, 1 month ago

Ban mobiles in school? Eton has a better answer

The Independent  

I think I’ve now worked out what’s wrong with the government’s new guidelines on “banning” mobile phones from schools – they’re actually not guidelines at all. Thus, the department suggests a range of options, all glaringly obvious: a) No mobile phones on the school premises; b) Mobile phone handed in on arrival; c) Mobile phones kept in secure location, which …

Ministers push ban on mobile phones in school – even on breaks
1 year, 1 month ago

Ministers push ban on mobile phones in school – even on breaks

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In new guidance, they say headteachers “can and should identify …

Mobile phone ban in schools gives students more learning time, 'freedom away' from devices
1 year, 5 months ago

Mobile phone ban in schools gives students more learning time, 'freedom away' from devices

ABC  

When Grace Shoesmith's high school first introduced a phone-free policy at the start of the year, there was a mixed response from students. "I was definitely anxious at first, just knowing that I wasn't going to have my phone on me," the co-captain of the Kotara High School in the New South Wales Hunter Valley said. "The lived experience of …

Grappling with smartphones is one of biggest issues teachers face – Keegan
1 year, 5 months ago

Grappling with smartphones is one of biggest issues teachers face – Keegan

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Gillian Keegan said the Government will update its guidance to urge state schools across England …

Blanket ban of mobile phones in schools across England ‘unenforceable’
1 year, 5 months ago

Blanket ban of mobile phones in schools across England ‘unenforceable’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Plans to introduce a blanket ban on pupils using mobile …

What are the rules around mobile phones in schools, and could Queensland bring about a blanket ban?
1 year, 11 months ago

What are the rules around mobile phones in schools, and could Queensland bring about a blanket ban?

ABC  

Kids can check their phones up to 100 times a day — but making schools phone-free could cut the time they spend on them by 20 per cent, according to research. There's no national policy, so every state and territory besides Queensland has their own rules for phones in state schools, and three states have blanket bans at government-run schools. …

Majority of teachers want national ban on phones in class: survey
1 year, 11 months ago

Majority of teachers want national ban on phones in class: survey

Dutch News  

The majority of members of teaching union AOb are in favour of a government imposed ban on mobile phones in class, a survey among some 8,400 teachers has shown. While just 54% and 57% of primary and trade school teachers back a ban, 73% of secondary school teachers said they wanted the phones to go. But one thing is clear: …

Majority of teachers want national ban on phones in class: survey
1 year, 11 months ago

Majority of teachers want national ban on phones in class: survey

Dutch News  

The majority of members of teaching union AOb are in favour of a government imposed ban on mobile phones in class, a survey among some 8,400 teachers has shown. While just 54% and 57% of primary and trade school teachers back a ban, 73% of secondary school teachers said they wanted the phones to go. But one thing is clear: …

Mobile phone ban in NSW public high schools to start in late 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

Mobile phone ban in NSW public high schools to start in late 2023

ABC  

Mobile phones will be banned in New South Wales public high school classrooms, recesses and lunchtimes from Term 4. Key points: Schools will decide how to implement the bans Lockers and phone pouches have been flagged as options Mobiles are already banned in NSW primary schools The newly elected state government says the ban delivers on a promise made during …

Blanket ban on mobile phones in schools disadvantages students, education expert says
2 years, 1 month ago

Blanket ban on mobile phones in schools disadvantages students, education expert says

ABC  

Queensland's mobile phone policy in schools gives students an advantage over their interstate counterparts, according to a leading academic. Key points: Griffith University education expert Jason Zagami says student access to phones prepares them for real-world experiences Queensland is the only Australian state that does not have a blanket ban on mobile phones in schools Principals in Queensland have the …

Trend of banning mobile phones in Australian high schools 'not backed by research,' expert warns
2 years, 1 month ago

Trend of banning mobile phones in Australian high schools 'not backed by research,' expert warns

ABC  

While a NSW Labor government would ban mobile phones in high schools if elected, an expert says the trending policy across Australia does not improve students' focus. Key points: NSW Labor says students were being asked to battle the impact of technology on their own The education minister believes high schools are already managing the issue An expert says banning …

Mobile phones banned at SA public high schools, but AI like ChatGPT allowed
2 years, 2 months ago

Mobile phones banned at SA public high schools, but AI like ChatGPT allowed

ABC  

South Australian students will begin returning to school tomorrow, but for many the first day of school will also be the first without their mobile phone. Key points: Mobile phones are banned in SA public high schools, starting from tomorrow Schools have until the beginning of term three to implement the ban But unlike in some other states, artificial intelligence …

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