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Kids are using phones in class, even when it's against the rules.
Should schools ban them all day?
By JOCELYN GECKER es.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In "Students used to have an
California, a high school understanding that you
teacher complains that stu- aren't supposed to be on
dents watch Netflix on their your phone in class. Those
phones during class. In Mar- days are gone," said James
yland, a chemistry teacher Granger, who requires stu-
says students use gambling dents in his science class-
apps to place bets during es at a Los Angeles-area
the school day. high school to place their
Around the country, edu- phones in "a cellphone
cators say students routine- cubby" with numbered
ly send Snapchat messages slots. "The only solution that
in class, listen to music and works is to physically re-
shop online, among count- move the cellphone from
less other examples of how the student."
smartphones distract from Most schools already have
teaching and learning. rules regulating student
The hold that phones have phone use, but they are
on adolescents in America enforced sporadically. A
today is well-documented, growing number of lead-
but teachers say parents ers at the state and federal
are often not aware to levels have begun endors- A sign is shown over a phone holder in a classroom at Delta High School, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in
what extent students use ing school cellphone bans Delta, Utah.
them inside the classroom. and suggesting new ways Associated Press
And increasingly, educa- to curb access to the de-
tors and experts are speak- vices. publican, last month urged classrooms. He cited stud- more likely to talk to each
ing with one voice on the The latest state interven- all school districts and the ies that show learning im- other if phones are taken
question of how to handle tion came in Utah, where state Board of Education proves, distractions are de- away.
it: Ban phones during class- Gov. Spencer Cox, a Re- to remove cellphones from creased and students are Continued on next page