The findings come from the Pew Research Center, which surveyed 5,110 US adults. The results show that 68% of respondents supported a ban on middle and high school students using phones in the classroom, while 24% opposed the idea and 8% were unsure.
I’m a teaching assistant at an elementary school where phones are banned until the final bell rings. The kids are completely used to it now, and as a result, they pay much more attention in class. The middle school nearby recently adopted the same policy, and while there was a lot of drama at first, people have adapted, and things are running more smoothly. Since the current elementary students are already familiar with the no-phone rule, I expect that when they move up to middle school, they’ll adjust easily.
In a few years, this policy will likely be widely accepted, but it probably won’t feel totally smooth until these students reach high school.
I dunno in America, school shootings are common and therefore I think students should always have access to their phones
It could probably be in a box or something by the teacher. Then they could hand them out during a lock down.
As a former educator, I can say good luck enforcing anti-phone rules whether you want to or not.
I wasn't a cop and I didn't want to be one. I had no license (nor did I seek one) to forcibly seize and confiscate phones. Sure, some brainrot addicts would waste away on the damn things but apart from verbal attempts to get their dwindling attention, that was the beginning and the end of my authority there if I wanted to keep my job.
This is the rule at my kids school. It looks fine on paper, but in practice there is no respect for sometimes rules for many adoledcents.
