WaPo: Students can’t get off their phones. Schools have had enough.

[Anonymous]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023...cellphone-ban-yondr/

Article begins:

When students returned to school during the pandemic, educators quickly saw a change in their cellphone habits. More than ever, they were glued to the devices during class — posting on social media, searching YouTube, texting friends.

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So this year, schools in Ohio, Colorado, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, California and others banned the devices in class to curb student obsession, learning disruption, disciplinary incidents and mental health worries.

“We basically said, ‘This has got to stop,’” said Dayton Public Schools Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli. “We’ve got academic issues that are not going to be fixed … if our students continue to sit on their phones.”


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https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023...-cellphone-ban-yondr

My comment: Looks like a submarine advertisement for $16 pouches. More corporate junk to waste taxpayer money instead of making and enforcing rules.

[Anonymous]

An effective intervention that costs only $16 per kid would be the cheapest thing yet. If you’re worried about waste in the education system, this ain’t it.

[Anonymous]

LOL good luck with that. Look at the adults, i am working on my phone during meetings and walking around. a cell phone is an extension of the person just like a hand or foot. Neuro link is next

[Anonymous]

Yes. Also bring back textbooks. No homework or online grades. Many fewer assignments but more quality.

This requires a lot of shelving and organizing of paper.

It will never happen but it will soon be his the elite are educated. The poor kids will get YouTube videos and online worksheets.

I’m a teacher….20 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/09/school-cellphone-ban-yondr/

Article begins:

When students returned to school during the pandemic, educators quickly saw a change in their cellphone habits. More than ever, they were glued to the devices during class — posting on social media, searching YouTube, texting friends.

Tech is not your friend. We are. Sign up for The Tech Friend newsletter.
So this year, schools in Ohio, Colorado, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, California and others banned the devices in class to curb student obsession, learning disruption, disciplinary incidents and mental health worries.

“We basically said, ‘This has got to stop,’” said Dayton Public Schools Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli. “We’ve got academic issues that are not going to be fixed … if our students continue to sit on their phones.”


... Article continues....


https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023...-cellphone-ban-yondr

My comment: Looks like a submarine advertisement for $16 pouches. More corporate junk to waste taxpayer money instead of making and enforcing rules[b].

Agree. No thanks.

My kid plays a sport where they are required to put their phone away in a backpack for the entirety of the game/practice. All the kids do it.

Set rules and enforce them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Also bring back textbooks. No homework or online grades. Many fewer assignments but more quality.

This requires a lot of shelving and organizing of paper.

It will never happen but it will soon be his the elite are educated. The poor kids will get YouTube videos and online worksheets.

I’m a teacher….20 years.

[Anonymous]

These people need to lighten up. Who cares if they use phones? Seriously, it'll be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/09/school-cellphone-ban-yondr/

Article begins:

When students returned to school during the pandemic, educators quickly saw a change in their cellphone habits. More than ever, they were glued to the devices during class — posting on social media, searching YouTube, texting friends.

Tech is not your friend. We are. Sign up for The Tech Friend newsletter.
So this year, schools in Ohio, Colorado, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, California and others banned the devices in class to curb student obsession, learning disruption, disciplinary incidents and mental health worries.

“We basically said, ‘This has got to stop,’” said Dayton Public Schools Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli. “We’ve got academic issues that are not going to be fixed … if our students continue to sit on their phones.”


... Article continues....


https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023...-cellphone-ban-yondr

My comment: Looks like a submarine advertisement for $16 pouches. More corporate junk to waste taxpayer money instead of making and enforcing rules[b].

Agree. No thanks.

My kid plays a sport where they are required to put their phone away in a backpack for the entirety of the game/practice. All the kids do it.

Set rules and enforce them.

Or only set rules when it's necessary. If kids want to watch TikTok videos and flunk out, it's for the best. Forcing them to be there isn't helping them or anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOL good luck with that. Look at the adults, i am working on my phone during meetings and walking around. a cell phone is an extension of the person just like a hand or foot. Neuro link is next

Sign me up for the neural link! I do think phones should remain in backpacks or be confiscated at school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Also bring back textbooks. No homework or online grades. Many fewer assignments but more quality.

This requires a lot of shelving and organizing of paper.

It will never happen but it will soon be his the elite are educated. The poor kids will get YouTube videos and online worksheets.

I’m a teacher….20 years.

As a person who went to high school in the US when there were textbooks and everything was on paper - it wasn't all that. In fact, a blue-ribbon federal commission said about it, "If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war."

[Anonymous]

Textbooks are not the end all, be all. The content is limited and targeted to the lowest education standards of huge states TX and FL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Textbooks are not the end all, be all. The content is limited and targeted to the lowest education standards of huge states TX and FL.

Textbooks like Eureka, formerly named Engage NEW YORK?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Also bring back textbooks. No homework or online grades. Many fewer assignments but more quality.

This requires a lot of shelving and organizing of paper.

It will never happen but it will soon be his the elite are educated. The poor kids will get YouTube videos and online worksheets.

I’m a teacher….20 years.

Is this satire?
You know where those papers go once people are done with them? The trash.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:LOL good luck with that. Look at the adults, i am working on my phone during meetings and walking around. a cell phone is an extension of the person just like a hand or foot. Neuro link is next

Sign me up for the neural link! I do think phones should remain in backpacks or be confiscated at school.

I suppose that would mean the employer gets to wipe you memory of the workplace before you leave your job.

[Anonymous]

I didn't see any meaningful solutions proposed in the articles. It's such a mess and there's no real solution in sight.