Many school districts have banned students from using smartphones during the school day, but one British boarding school has taken it a step further. Forget that. They've taken a step back.
Eton College, the historic, elite British boarding school with famous alumni including Prince William and Harry, Ian Fleming and Tom Hiddleston, has instituted a new mobile phone policy for its first-year students starting in September. Those students will have to leave their smartphones at home, but bring their SIM card to school and insert it into an old-school, offline Nokia cell phone with a simple numeric keypad that can only make phone calls and send text messages, according to the report. CBS News.
The British boarding school policy is based on the guidelines of The UK Government which allows principals to impose bans on students' smartphone use during the school day.
Hopefully no one will say anything to school officials about this. Snake or maybe those poor kids need to pay attention and learn something.
Smartphone bans and guidelines are also starting to filter into American school districts. According to Govspend data, 41 states have at least one school district that instituted a policy requiring students to place their smartphones in tech/gadgets/yondr-phone-pouch-lock-school-rcna128247″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:magnetically sealed Yondr pouches;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>Yondr magnetically sealed bags When they go to school.
In June, the Los Angeles Unified School District passed a ban on school phone use for students, prompting California Gov. Gavin Newsom to call for a similar law at the state level.
Meanwhile in NYThe city's public schools chancellor, David Banks, said he plans to institute a phone ban in the coming weeks. New York Governor Kathy Hochul He is working with the state legislature to pass two new bills that would only allow students to carry phones that do not have internet access.
Even Florida (yes, that Florida, which is home to 10 million inhabitants) has State ban on smartphones in schools which also requires schools to block students' access to social media on their Wi-Fi networks.
