What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian::Teachers say mobile phones make their lives a living hell – so one Massachusetts school barred them
What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian::Teachers say mobile phones make their lives a living hell – so one Massachusetts school barred them
I never said anything about restricting access to information. We’re talking about banning phones from classrooms, which I see as no different from not letting kids drive cars.
Smartphones give access to information. Lock a kid in a classroom or a detention hall and without that phone they’re isolated.
They’re also isolated from family and people who might help them if they’re being wrongfully detained.
A car is large heavy machinery. Even adults in cars are dangerous. It’s a lot harder to cause destruction or accidentally kill someone with a smartphone. And it’s a lot easier to make someone disappear when they don’t have a working smartphone. Not a close comparison.