What the heck so controversial about forcing kids to stow their phones during the school day?
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What the heck is so controversial about forcing kids to stow their phones during the school day? As if school can compete w/ social media and everything else competing for their attention w/ dark patterns. I'm surprised this isn't more common.
It can't be a shock to find kids actually learn better and are overall happier and healthier when they're *forced* to remain separate from their mobile devices for the better part of a day.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/12/20/schools-ban-cellphones-virginia-impact/
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T2Rreplied to BrianKrebs last edited by [email protected]
@briankrebs What's worse is Apple is helping them stay connected. The iPhone screen mirroring app is P2P and even if the device is locked in a pouch like ones from Yonder they can still access the devices via another mac signed into the same Apple ID.
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@briankrebs I've heard that in Hungary (which has a law mandating the kids give up their phones at the start of the school day) it resulted in kids simply having decoy phones they lock up.
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@briankrebs possible that the conversation forces adults to reflect on their own phone addiction, and they don’t like that.
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@briankrebs We have seen a tremendously positive response where implemented in our district. Teachers are feeling like it's going back to the "good ole days" when they could actually teach. There is less bullying & fights on campus. This needs to be rolled out State/Nationwide.
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One reason they need to ne on is for emergency alerts in the form of texts or banners. A contingency plan for saving lives.
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@briankrebs Because I sent a snarky replied to someone who replied to me they deleted it. So to make it evergreen my reply to David was, "Wait until I get RF blocking phone pouches to solve this issue."
