Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them (apnews.com)

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Phones are distracting students in class. More states are pressing schools to ban them::Kids are on their phones in classrooms across American, even when school rules forbid it. More states want to ban them.

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[-] Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Back to using old-school tech to pass messages in class.

[-] cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yeah texting

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Just doesn't have the same appeal as pencil/paper

[-] rmuk@feddit.uk 12 points 8 months ago

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