I doubt phones were resonsible for the initial drop from the pandemic, but I can easily accept that they play a huge role in our inability to return to pre-pandemic levels.
My wife is a teacher and phones are a constant problem but the administration refuses to do anything about them. It seems they recognize that some parents will freak out if they do not have access to their kids at all times and the admins are too spineless to take a stand against those few parents for the sake of everyone's education. It's absurd.
Several schools in my state (including one in the same school district as my wife) have been participating in an experimental phone ban for the last year and the results have been better than I could have expected. Grade levels and attendence are up by over 10%, fights are down significantly, and the overwhelming majority of parents are supportive. It's only a tiny few who object. But even with the numbers right in front of them, many admins are unwilling to adopt the bans in their schools. At this point it will probably take a mandate from the state government before they do the common sense thing.
My wife is a teacher and phones are a constant problem but the administration refuses to do anything about them. It seems they recognize that some parents will freak out if they do not have access to their kids at all times and the admins are too spineless to take a stand against those few parents for the sake of everyone's education. It's absurd.
Several schools in my state (including one in the same school district as my wife) have been participating in an experimental phone ban for the last year and the results have been better than I could have expected. Grade levels and attendence are up by over 10%, fights are down significantly, and the overwhelming majority of parents are supportive. It's only a tiny few who object. But even with the numbers right in front of them, many admins are unwilling to adopt the bans in their schools. At this point it will probably take a mandate from the state government before they do the common sense thing.