Many school districts have implemented smartphone bans for students during the school day, but a British boarding school has taken it a step further. Wait, scratch that. They took a step back.
Eton College, the historic and elite British boarding school with famous alumni such as Princes William and Harry, Ian Fleming and Tom Hiddleston, introduced a new mobile phone policy for first-year students starting in September. Those students will have to leave their smartphones at home, but bring their SIM card to school and put it in an old-school, offline Nokia cell phone that can only make phone calls and send text messages. CBS News.
British boarding school policy is based on company guidelines UK government It allows principals to ban students from smartphones during the school day.
Let’s hope no one tells school officials about this snake or maybe those poor kids really need to pay attention and learn something.
Smartphone bans and guidelines are starting to trickle down to America’s school districts, too. According to data from Govspend, 41 states have at least one school district that has implemented a rule requiring students to put away their smartphones. magnetically closed Yondr pouches when you go to school.
The Los Angeles Unified School District adopted a district-wide school phone ban for students in June. California Governor Gavin Newsom to require similar legislation at the state level.
In the meantime New York CityDavid Banks, chancellor of the city’s public schools, said he plans to impose a phone ban in the coming weeks. New York Governor Kathy Hochul is working with the state legislature to pass two new bills that would allow students to carry only phones without internet access
Even Florida (yes, that Florida, home to 10 million Florida Mans) has smartphones are prohibited in schools which requires schools to block students from accessing social media on Wi-Fi networks.
