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Should cellphones be banned in schools? Los Angeles’s school board thinks so. LA is the second largest school district in the nation. As with any issue, there are pros and cons. Parents like the ability to be able to contact their child at any time, while teachers are often the cellphone police in classrooms. A few other states have similar bans, including Ohio, Indiana and Florida. LA’s ban will be implemented in January 2025. What do you think about allowing students to have cellphones in schools? #cellphones #PhoneBanDebate #schools #teachers

🤔🤔 it is crucial that we do all that we can to protect our children in this digital era. But where do we draw the line on protection and access to digital technologies? what are your views, considering that smart phones, tablets, laptops and access to the internet is more of a prerequisite now for our children to get a good education?

Where do you stand on cellphone bans in schools? Our new Pew Research Center study finds that most Americans (68%) support bans that prevent middle & high school students from using cellphones during class. Fewer (36%) support banning students from using cellphones during the entire school day. Why do Americans support cellphone bans during class? Among supporters, 98% say a reason is that students would have fewer distractions in class (91% say major reason). Why do Americans oppose cellphone bans during class? Among opponents, 86% say a reason is that parents should be able to reach their child when needed (60% say major reason). Go here for the full set of findings: https://lnkd.in/e423AEVb

I have to admit I am a bit conflicted on cell phones in schools. I'm also surprised it's taken this long for a movement to ban cell phones in school to emerge. NYC tried a ban that created its own set of problems, so much so that the ban was lifted a few years later. If there isn't a ban, teachers and principals will spend far too much time and energy dealing with the issues that arise from the distraction, bullying and social media concerns. If there is a ban, teachers and principals will spend far too much time policing the ban and answering parents' concerns about not being in direct contact with their children. One item that I haven't seen mentioned is what about adults and the use of cell phones in schools? One argument will be that adults need to have the phones for safety but it's the same arguments parents will make. Cell phones in classrooms are an unneeded distraction for students and educators alike.

Sadly, these district and state-wide bans on cellphones are simply laughable. Easily, students can and do switch their diversions to their school-issued devices whenever they choose. Without a doubt, throughout the nation, schools are overwhelmed by the academic and social problems stemming from students’ use of electronic devices during school hours. I am a high school teacher who has been in the classroom since before cellphones were common, so I have witnessed it all first hand. Moreover, within different administrations and policies, I have repeatedly battled these problems with some victories and some defeats: but, it is always the teachers who have to be on the front line of the battle for hearts and minds. During instructional time, teachers have to constantly correct and redirect student behavior, which is impairaed by digital distractions, while they magically and mindfully find sufficient energy and time to instruct, cover content and assess students’ progress. Some things are going to be sacrificed— especially when teachers do not have backup from administrators and parents— because there is not enough energy and time for teachers to fight the battle while adequately doing the job of instruction. As a society, we have to change our mindset and prioritize the potential growth and joy of education, and we have to establish new cultural values for schools, teaching and learning. Parents have to instill and cultivate these values in children so that schools can do their part. We all have to create a new paradigm in which education is a primary human expectation and schools are socially relevant once more. Until that time, no policy or ban will keep students from seeking diversion and teachers will still be battling alone on the front lines.

Student Cell Phone Use: What’s Happening Across the States? Curious about the latest trends in student cellphone use policies? A wave of new laws and policies is aiming to restrict student access to phones during school hours, citing benefits to mental health and learning. Discover which states are leading the charge and the reasoning behind these changes in this insightful EducationWeek article by Arianna Prothero, Lauraine Langreo, and Alyson Klein: https://lnkd.in/gQZNUJkQ #Education #StudentLife #MentalHealth #EdTech #SchoolPolicies

Is this the new normal? 👨🏫 Teachers say: “Cellphones and technology are the No. 1 source of soliciting fights, advertising fights, documenting — and almost glorifying — fights by students”. “Now students might be arguing with each other, or bullying each other, for days or weeks online, which is hidden from the staff who would typically work to de-escalate the conflicts,” 👮♀️Police says: “The aggression begins in technology, continues through the technology in the planning for the fights and comes to a head in physical confrontation." And while the use of text messages, social media and videos to spread violence may alarm adults, students said that it is becoming a regular part of school. 👦🏻👧Children say: “Kids are very used to it". “Kids don’t see it as something so surprising as the adults do.” Across the United States, technology centered on #cellphones — in the form of text #messages, #videos and #socialmedia — has increasingly fueled and sometimes intensified campus brawls, disrupting schools and derailing learning. The school fight videos then often spark new cycles of student cyberbullying, verbal aggression and violence. Technology has increasingly fostered and amplified every stage of this aggression. In some cases, the violent cycle has overwhelmed the schools. Some districts now face negligence lawsuits from parents while others are seeing an exodus of teachers. Dozens of districts have sued social media firms, saying that the platforms’ “addictive” features caused compulsive student use, disrupting learning and burdening school resources. In Spain 🇪🇸 we are already seeing very positive results in the actions to protect children and adolescents from smartphones: 🔥 #smartphonefreeschools are already a reality. 🔥 Outside schools, families keep on joining together to #delay #smartphones until 16 through #parentpacts. 🔥 The new recommendations of the government experts group and the Pediatrics Asociation support us! Read the full article here 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 https://lnkd.in/dtXrsHdQ

5 Ways to Keep Students Off Their Cell Phones in the Classroom You have to implement multiple strategies to get kids to stop using their cellphones during instruction time. Just hanging a sign won't cut it. It is exhausting demand over and over again that they put their phones away. They have trained their brains to go to their phones when they're bored, and most kids are easily bored. Teachers can't compete with these addictive mini-machines. Let's face it, playing games and texting friends is more fun than paying attention. I needed to solve the problem, and here's what I did, with encouragement from my coworkers. I have a shoe storage pocket curtain hanging over one of the less frequently accessed doors in my class. I tell (and retell) my students that I will no longer tell them to put away their phones if I see them out during class. If I see them using their cellphone in class they can either put their phone in one of the pockets for the remainder of the period, or accept a referral/detention. Detention keeps a kid at school till 5PM! Repeated violations can result in a suspension. And best of all, the parents are made aware their kid is not complying with school policy. So far, the strategy has worked. #cellphonesintheclassroom

Check out these six techniques that schools are using to help tackle cellphone use. #EWArchive

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