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In a 2023 advisory on social media use and mental health, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy recommended creating "tech-free zones" and encouraging kids to "foster in-person friendships."
Forty-five percent of the teens said that smartphones benefited their educational experience, while 23% claimed it made learning more difficult and 30% did not notice a difference.
Here's are the details of California's Phone-Free Schools Act, approved by lawmakers and sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Get ready for a massive change for cellphone-obsessed students.
In various TV shows and films, the theme of teachers managing cell phone distractions is explored either as a subplot or comedic element. For example, in Community (Season 1, Episode 8), the group at Greendale Community College faces a new, strict rule about using cell phones in class, humorously highlighting the tension between technology and ...
At any given daylight moment in the US, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or electronic devices while driving. [60] A significant number of injuries and accidents from distracted driving can be attributed at least partially to use of a mobile phone, and many phone-related crashes are not reported due to drivers' reluctance to ...
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is encouraging schools to consider taking away smartphones from students during the school day to try to curb social media addiction.
CBO has no basis to estimate the cost of such mandates as it would depend on the regulatory actions taken by the Librarian. [7] On November 5, 2013, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 1123, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 31, 2013. The ...
Tim Kaine, D-Va. and Tom Cotton, R-Ark, introduced the Focus on Learning Act, which would require the U.S. Surgeon General to complete a study on the effects of cell phone or smartphone usage on ...