Summary
Cellphone bans in schools are gaining bipartisan momentum, with at least eight states, including California, Florida, and Virginia, enacting restrictions to combat classroom distractions and protect children’s mental health.
Governors from both parties, such as Arkansas’ Sarah Huckabee Sanders and California’s Gavin Newsom, support these measures, citing benefits of phone-free school days.
While some parents oppose bans, citing emergencies and transportation needs, proponents argue phones disrupt learning and may pose risks during crises.
States differ on implementation, from outright bans to district-level policies or funding for phone storage solutions.
That keeps the real troublemakers out of the classroom, and reduces the student:teacher ratio. I’m honestly struggling to see anything resembling a downside here.
Yeah, because we don’t have enough socioeconomic inequalities in the world, let’s create more borderline (or outright) illiterate people.
I don’t know where you are in the USA, but in my area, home-school kids are tested the same as the kids in the classrooms, and if they fail, they’re put back in a remedial classroom.