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The restrictions were instituted after a pilot study in 2023 with one ninth grade class showed those phone-free students had the highest GPA across the school, said Whitten.
A couple examples: Gray Middle School, 6229 S. Tyler St., states on its website that cell phones, personal devices and airpods must stay confined to bags or lockers from 7:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m ...
The debate over phones' place in educational spaces stretches back even further than NCES data measures—to the aftermath of the Columbine school shooting in 1999 and the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 ...
Louisiana passed a law that will take effect in the 2024–2025 academic year, prohibiting the use and possession of cell phones on school property throughout the school day. If students bring phones to school, they must be turned off and stored away. Exceptions are allowed for students who need accommodations for learning purposes. [95]
The 2019 law authorizing districts to restrict student phone access makes exceptions for emergencies, and the new law doesn't change that. Some proponents of school phone restrictions say it's better to have phones off in an active shooter situation, so that they don't ring and reveal a student's location.
Cell phone bans, dress code changes and even the removal of mirrors are just some of the new school policies being implemented in the name of safety and better student engagement.
The new policy will forbid Lexington 1 students to access their cell phones or other digital devices while at school, in or out of class. But administrators assured members of the board on Oct. 22 ...
The survey includes students, who would be directly impacted by new phone restrictions. Though more than 800 students already have responded to the survey this summer, the district wants to make ...