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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. [89]
In 2019, San Mateo High School, just south of San Francisco, became the largest school in the United States to become a cellphone-free environment. Now, nearly five years into what began as an ...
Students have permission to use cell phones on campus before school, between classes, in the cafeteria during lunch periods, and after school. They are not permitted to be used during class.
Republicans laud the order to establish a no-phone policy in the state's public schools by Jan. 1, 2025. The lone Democrat wants more public input on it.
A Knoxville school has become the first in Knox County to implement a total ban on cell phones in classrooms, a policy that reflects a growing national trend among schools looking to boost student ...
In parts of the world, mobile phones are banned in school settings. In France and Ontario, Canada, the use of mobile phones is banned during instructional time in an effort to improve the performance of students. [83] [84] In 2021 China banned mobile phones in schools unless students have written parental consent. [85]
Swiped: The School That Banned Smartphones is a British two-part docuseries that follows pupils at The Stanway School in Colchester who suffer from problematic smartphone use and social media addiction. Emma and Matt Willis follow the pupils' time away from screens as their smartphones are seized for 21 days. [1] [2]
Phones in school are impeding the learning process. A study by the London School of Economics, looked at the phone policies of 91 schools, impacting 130,000 students, since 2001. Your kids are not ...