When British Columbia school counsellor Tulani Pierce started noticing mental health trouble in some of her students last year, she said it gave her an idea:…
Robert Schumann, a physical education teacher at the school, said he has watched the gradual rise of cellphone use in schools for over two decades, and the ban is a turnaround for students.
B.C.’s Education Ministry said in a statement that school districts and individual schools are responsible for managing students’ use of technology, and some have established policies governing the use of phones on school grounds. Although there is never one rule that works for everything, the gesture of moving screens away from students could have many benefits, she said.
The education commentator said she has no doubt that cellphones could be a distraction in class, but over her last ten years working in many schools, she doesn’t see phones as a big problem.
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