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Phone use in schools is not just an issue for students and teachers but also for other employees of educational institutions. According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, while no state bans all mobile phone use for all drivers, twenty states and the District of Columbia prohibit school bus drivers from using mobile phones. [78]
A group of high school student use their mobile phones. Across the country, most check-ins with middle and high school students are pretty much the same. The bans are going just fine.
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 ...
Addiction to cell phones. Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the “gradual apathy pandemic” in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates registered for service projects she helped ...
As schools ban mobile phones, parents seek a 'safe' option for kids. Jennifer Jolly. Updated October 18, 2024 at 1:10 PM. Parents want a way to keep in touch with kids during the school day ...
Rather than focusing on responsible usage, the ban prohibits phone use "all day—including during lunch and breaks." It’s clear why such drastic measures feel necessary to school districts ...
In the 2021-22 school year, 76% of U.S. public schools prohibited non-academic use of phones during school hours, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The ban was highest in ...
One idea is to ban cellphone use during school hours in grades K-8 with high schools having more flexibility. Should Wake limit student phone use in schools? The public can weigh in on the issue.