Kids are using phones in class, even when it’s against the rules. Should schools ban them all day?
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Kids are on their phones in classrooms across American, even when school rules forbid it. More states want to ban them.

Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them::Kids are on their phones in classrooms across American, even when school rules forbid it. More states want to ban them.

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
    30·
    8 months ago

    They were. When I was in school having a smartphone out could result in it being taken away. At some point since then, the rules have seemingly changed.

    • ahornsirup@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      12·
      8 months ago

      Because phones got expensive. If a teacher confiscates a phone and drops it/it gets stolen from them, who’s going to pay for it? At least that’s the explanation my teachers gave around 2010 or so, when they announced they’d no longer confiscate phones.