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Should students have cellphones in class? Indiana just said no — with a few exceptions (www.wishtv.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Indiana just passed legislation to require schools to ban phones.

They permit them for health reasons, emergencies, when part of lesson, and when part of a formal plan.

I personally don't like the idea of schools requiring locking them up. What would you do in that emergency they mentioned?

Why should kids not be able to use them at lunch?

If you want to control your kid's phone time, there's already apps for that.

Edit: additional comment from a teacher: she said the phone restrictions aren't going to be as effective as one would think with all the kids having watches with data plans. Dude...

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah I don't think it's very reasonable to get a call in the middle of something traumatic, for a moment by moment update, more like this just happened and I'm out or safe or what ever.

I don't support phones in class either, I just don't think they need to lock them up. Maybe just put them up?

I feel like kids have tons of access to tools for learning and Chromebooks now,.not super worried about needing a phone in class for research.