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Ninety-five percent of educators say that their school or district has an official policy restricting students’ access to their cellphones during school hours, according to a new EdWeek Research Center survey. But how well are those policies addressing some of the common problems afflicting schools? Fairly well, according to educators.
There are exceptions to the rules. As an example, students can use their phones riding to and from school on a school bus if it does not interfere with the driver. Students can also access their phones when on their lunch breaks or other breaks in the ...
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Cell phone bans in schools may not be working as intended according to new research out of the University of North Carolina. A state law required every school district to have a policy in place by January 1 limiting student phone use.
Restricting student cellphone use during school hours doesn’t appear to lift academic achievement, improve student attention, or boost attendance, at least in the short term, according to the first broad national study of phone bans by researchers at four universities.
In January, Ohio implemented a cell phone policy, prohibiting public school students from using their phones throughout the school day, including between classes and during lunch. It’s been nearly three months since Ohio law has prohibited K-12 students ...
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Students are more likely to support this type of school cellphone ban, new research says
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If school committees resort to half measures on cell phone us, not fully banning them, the fight over what truly matters runs the risk of failure. Classroom teachers cannot re-capture the attention of students if cell phone use is only mildly discouraged ...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As students returned from winter break across Oregon, a bell-to-bell cell phone ban went into effect in public schools statewide. The policy was put in place by Executive Order 25-09 after a similar bill passed the Oregon House ...