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Some schools reported that allowing all students to use cell phones at the same time slows down school bandwidth speeds, and hence some schools have blocked phones from accessing the school Wi-Fi. [89] Phone use in schools is not just an issue for students and teachers but also for other employees of educational institutions.
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 ...
Momentum is building for restrictions on students carrying or using cellphones during the school day. More than half of states have taken steps to limit phone use in schools, according to KFF, a ...
A 2020 survey of 210 school principals, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, also found strong support for restricting student cell phone use in schools. More than 90% of ...
One idea is to ban cellphone use during school hours in grades K-8 with high schools having more flexibility.
The $252 billion budget proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Jan. 21, 2025, includes a ban on students using cell phones during school, pitched as way to remove learning distractions.
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 ...
At an Aug. 12 School Committee meeting, the board approved new rules prohibiting cell phone use in schools for grades 6 to 12. “We understand that cellphones have great utility, but cellphone ...