Cellphone bans in school are about one thing and one thing only: eliminating, or at least significantly reducing the number of, recordings of 911 calls made by children during the next school shooting. Look at how hard they are still trying to cover up Uvalde.
That’s silly. The reason behind these bans is because teachers currently need to fight the phones for the student’s attention. The machines designed to be as addictive and distracting as possible are derailing education and keeping kids from paying attention. Secondly, doing that is a move for public opinion which does not matter at all. There are countless policies that are incredibly unpopular that won’t change because the American political system is designed to resist grassroots pressure.
There are also cell phone bans coming into place in places that don’t have a culture of school shootings. My understanding is that they are generally considered disruptive. I was surprised to learn that they had ever been allowed; when I was in school there was a blanket ban on electronic devices regardless of whether or not they could communicate or record audio-video.
Cellphone bans in school are about one thing and one thing only: eliminating, or at least significantly reducing the number of, recordings of 911 calls made by children during the next school shooting. Look at how hard they are still trying to cover up Uvalde.
That’s silly. The reason behind these bans is because teachers currently need to fight the phones for the student’s attention. The machines designed to be as addictive and distracting as possible are derailing education and keeping kids from paying attention. Secondly, doing that is a move for public opinion which does not matter at all. There are countless policies that are incredibly unpopular that won’t change because the American political system is designed to resist grassroots pressure.
There are also cell phone bans coming into place in places that don’t have a culture of school shootings. My understanding is that they are generally considered disruptive. I was surprised to learn that they had ever been allowed; when I was in school there was a blanket ban on electronic devices regardless of whether or not they could communicate or record audio-video.