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New York considers a total ban on phones in schools.
New York has a dive into New York governor Kathy Hochul’s push to ban phones in schools — and this very funny anecdote about how distracted they make kids:
At the time, Bethlehem Central was about four months into a near-total ban on electronics in schools. iPhones, earbuds, smart watches, and the rest — gone. During the prior few years, when a class period would end, students would walk in near-total silence through the halls, heads down, engrossed in their phones. Surveillance cameras would sometimes capture distracted teenagers walking into a wall or even, according to Rounds, falling down stairs.
No bill yet, but Hochul says she wants “to go big on this one.”
Kathy Hochul’s ‘Big’ Plan to Ban Phones in Schools
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