J
England moves to ban mobile phone usage in schools.
Following similar actions in France and Italy, England’s Department for Education is preparing new guidance to ban phones in school — even outside of lessons — to improve children’s focus and help tackle bullying and disruptive behavior.
The department previously said in February 2022 that national rules were unnecessary because most schools were already taking action. Now, the government says the guidance could be written into law if it’s ignored.
Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.
Loading comments
Getting the conversation ready...
Most Popular
Most Popular
- Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri
- Here’s what Microsoft is offering long-serving employees to voluntarily retire
- Nintendo announces a new Star Fox for the Switch 2
- The Remarkable Paper Pure is the best digital notepad I’ve ever used
- Valve just imported 50 tons of game consoles in two days
