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Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them

apnews.com Kids are using phones in class, even when it’s against the rules. Should schools ban them all day?

Kids are on their phones in classrooms across American, even when school rules forbid it. More states want to ban them.

Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them::Kids are on their phones in classrooms across American, even when school rules forbid it. More states want to ban them.

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I'm surprised they weren't banned from the get-go
- They were. When I was in school having a smartphone out could result in it being taken away. At some point since then, the rules have seemingly changed.
  
  Because phones got expensive. If a teacher confiscates a phone and drops it/it gets stolen from them, who's going to pay for it? At least that's the explanation my teachers gave around 2010 or so, when they announced they'd no longer confiscate phones.
- Parents lose their minds if they can’t contact their child at any moment. Some schools/teachers ban them already but I imagine some PTA meetings about this will be total shitshows.
  
  And rightfully so! Every student in school died horribly before cell phones existed.
  
  So much dysentery...
  
  It was Malaria that took me out, and she wasn’t a fun date, lemme tell ya.
  
  I mean...American schools do have somewhat of a reputation... I can kinda see why parents would want their child to be able to contact them in an emergency.
  
  I suppose I'd be worried, too, if I was sending my kids to a war zone on a daily basis.
  
  Ahh yes, not all the kids died, therefore emergencies don't happen. Okay then.
  
  It's as if the universe didn't exist seventeen years ago to these people.
- No phones on in classrooms during class. What parent would not be on board?
  
  Helicopter parents
- Our district bans them in middle school and leaves policy to each teacher in HS.
  Maybe they should ban phones at work too lol

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