Johnson County Post hosting town hall on phones in schools

As of 1 May, the equipment will be banned, but the government is also planning a school subject of media competence.

The constitutional complaint of a 15-year-old student was rejected by the panel after four days of hearings, with two members also questioning whether he wrote the petition.

Johnson County Post hosting town hall on phones in schools

Phones are a pervasive and unavoidable part of everyday life, but what should be their place in schools? Johnson County school districts have been trying to answer that question in recent months, adjusting their policies and implementing new rules for how and when students can use their personal electronic devices during the school day. Are these […]

FLORIDA – A proposal to ban students from using cell phones and other wireless devices throughout the school day, not only during school hours, will be presented to the plenary of the Florida House of Representatives. The Education and Employment Committee unanimously approved the proposal on Wednesday (HB 949), which would also require school districts to designate areas where students can use devices. Demi Busatta, a Republican by Coral Gables…

Hessen is planning a large-scale ban on mobile phones at schools. Now the topic has reached the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate. How to deal with smartphones and co. in classrooms and schoolyards?

"The initiative to ban phones in schools is a touching but futile attempt to fight back. It reminds me of a time when washing machines were coming, but grandmothers didn't...