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More than 90% of schools in England ban mobile phone use, survey showswww.theguardian.com/education/2025/apr/10/majority-of-schools-in-england-ban-mobile-phone-use-survey-shows
128 sats \ 5 comments \ @unschooled 10 Apr Education
Getting them censored at a ripe young age? Or ensuring better use of class time?
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Head of National Education Union calls for statutory ban on phones in schools and social media ban for under-16s
[...] headteachers have swiftly instituted bans on smartphone use during school hours. The survey of more than 15,000 schools found that 99.8% of primary schools and 90% of secondary schools have some form of ban.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 10 Apr
You'll want to be skeptical of what they SAY and what they actually DO.
I've seen devices to do classroom phone storage like the below, UNUSED. Because to actually use them involves enforcement, and enforcement is hard.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @unschooled OP 10 Apr
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satoshi__Nakamoto 10 Apr
This is good for students
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @unschooled OP 10 Apr
France too. Has it ever been a good sign when these nations enact totalitarian measures in lockstep with one another?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/10/france-mobile-phone-ban-middle-schools
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @unschooled OP 10 Apr
And so they said about restricting calculator use..... Why not use their resources to inform and encourage patents to take a more active role in overseeing that these devices are not abused at home? Totalitarian policing will not stem the tide. May as well ride it.
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