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Italy was one of the earliest countries to ban mobile phones in 2007. Ten years later in 2017, restrictions eased, but in 2022, the Italian Minister of Education Giuseppe Valditara, banned cell phones from classrooms once again, this time from primary to secondary school. Electronic devices can only be allowed in schools if students use them ...
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 ...
Florida was the first state to crack down on phones in school, passing a 2023 law that requires all public schools to ban cellphone use during class time and block access to social media on ...
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 ...
A 15-year-old student in Indiana told NPR he doesn’t spend time secretly on his phone during class anymore because it’s now “the law” to stay off phones at school. “I feel like I’m ...
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. [84] [85] In 2021 China banned mobile phones in schools unless students have written parental consent. [86]
The ban also covers lunch, a time when some other schools let students use their phones. Cooper said that coming back from the COVID-19 pandemic, she recognized that many students had lost the ...
Just as banning the internet would have deprived students of essential skills and opportunities, banning phones risks leaving students ill-prepared for the digital world they are set to inherit.