In Our View: Cheers & Jeers: School Phones; Parking Rules

In Our View: Cheers & Jeers: School phones; parking rules

Cheers … and some jeers: To a school cellphone policy. The Vancouver school district is developing a policy for the use of cellphones by students. For elementary school students, the proposal would dictate that personal electronic devices must be turned off and put away throughout the school day; for students in middle school and high school, devices must be put away during instructional time. The proposal might be adopted during a June 3 school…

Gilbert Public Schools likely to ban cellphones for K-8 kids

The Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board is considering a total ban on cellphones at K-8 schools, and further limiting their use in grades 9-12 to the cafeteria and to “quickly checking messages between classes” next year – with an outright…

Port: I’m worried about North Dakota’s new ban on cellphones in schools

MINOT — On Aug. 1, Senate Bill 2354 will take effect. That legislation, sponsored by Sen. Michelle Axtman and backed by Gov. Kelly Armstrong, will implement a “bell-to-bell” ban on cellphones in schools. The bill has the very best of intentions behind it. There is sound evidence that cellphones are a distraction in schools and are impacting education outcomes. There is also evidence that the phone-obsessed (a demographic we all know includes mor…

Dubious Science Underpins Wave of Bans on Cellphones in Schools

The debate is a reminder that, often, what we think should be helpful and what actually is helpful can be two very different things.

What is interesting, instructive and significant in the debate on cell phones in school is the value that some people give or don't give to technology. In the camp of "jovialists", there are those who see the development of AI, robotics, computing in all its aspects as a fact just as "natural" as the influence of the moon on tides or as the process of photosynthesis adopted by plants for their growth. This strangely recalls the same cult that so…

After the prohibition of smartphones in basic schools and relay houses, it is now the high schools that will have to apply new rules on the use of the smartphone. Yesterday, the Minister of National Education, Claude Meisch, announced the modalities of these measures that will come into force after the holiday of Pentecost, on June 2. ...