A plea to parents: Why schoolwork continues to compete with cell phones even as bans gain traction
Parents must also make changes to their family’s cell phone culture, some teachers say. At home, Ohio teacher Aaron Taylor bars cellular devices when his own children have friends over. And when kids are at school, parents should not distract them with check-in texts throughout the day, he said.
Proposed cell phone ban in schools would require students to put phones in lockboxes
A state representative out of the Austin area filed a bill that could ban students from using cell phones in school. RELATED: Here are the new laws in Texas that took effect on Sept. 1 The proposed bill would require kids to put their phones in a lock box at the start of the school day.
Second year of cell phone ban at Lincoln City school showing benefits in the classroom, hallways
Sarah Horobin experienced the increasing distraction of students with cell phones in her Taft High School classes over the years. It was hard to compete with a device that lured away a student’s attention with texts,
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Column: For data about school cell phone bans, talk to kids
Improving digital wellness among young people should include listening to their input about proposed policies, University of Virginia’s Bethany Teachman and Nancy Deutsch write in a guest
Cell phones: Augusta County Schools will implement a bell-to-bell ban starting in January.
Using guidance from the Virginia Department of Education, the August County School Board will ban cell phones for students.
Des Moines school board hears strong support for cell phone ban
Annie Brandt started the petition to ban cell phones. She said, “I have taught financial literacy in the classroom at East and North, so I see kids on their cell phones; I have nieces who go to Roosevelt. My kids are in elementary school, they don’t ...
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In this Florida school district, some parents are pushing back against a cell phone ban
“I don’t expect students to say — or parents of high schoolers to say — right, that, they don’t want their kids to have ...
Readers offer pros and cons of letting kids have cellphones in schools
How is it that the Supreme Court has skated on this for so long (“What the Supreme Court Should Learn From Massachusetts,” October 6)? Federal employees in other areas and at all other levels have ...
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Simple and honest suggestions for parents to keep their kids safe online
How we communicate, gather and distribute information has changed in a big way because of social media and the use of cell ...