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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. [91]
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 ...
Addiction to cell phones. Now, adults are trying new strategies to reverse the malaise. ... At Nguyen’s school, students lock their phones in neoprene pouches during classes or even all day. A ...
At Nolan Catholic, we made the bold decision to ban cellphones from classrooms two years ago.. It wasn’t easy. There were plenty of eye rolls from students, concerns from parents, and even a few ...
Other large school districts, such as Los Angeles, were able to ban phones on school campuses. Florida banned cellphones across the state in 2023 and Indiana and Ohio passed legislation this year.
Elizabeth Keren-Kolb, a clinical professor of education technologies and teacher education at the University of Michigan who has written books on cellphone use in school, said concerns about kids ...
Schools are finding creative ways to stop students from using their cellphones during the day, fueling debates about the effectiveness and wisdom of such bans. Some schools have partnered with ...
The push to ban phones in schools has gained major steam over the past year. Since July 2023, 12 states have imposed new rules aimed at limiting students’ phone use in the classroom and on ...