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.

  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    8 months ago

    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.

    • ahornsirup@sopuli.xyz
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      8 months ago

      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.