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The vast majority of Americans now own a cell phone, including the nation’s youth. Amid calls to limit phone usage among those under 18, the Los Angeles Board of Education voted on Tuesday to create a plan for public approval prohibiting phones entirely during the school day. Many other districts have implemented similar policies .
What Happened: The proposal resolved the school district to develop a plan to ban phones during the school day. The district will present the plan to the public within 120 days. The resolution passed among the Board of Education in a 5-2 vote.
Some board members are skeptical that the policy could be enforced effectively by administrators or equally among students of different racial groups. Others expressed safety concerns. See Also: Economist React To May Retail Sales Data — ‘Consumer Spending Is Cooling In A Fairly Orderly Fashion’ Why it Matters: The Los Angeles Board of Education’s decision could serve as a model for other U.
S. school districts weighing a smartphone ban. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, student test scores have crated to historic lows .
Many researchers have tied phone usage among children to the ongoing mental health crisis. Jonathan Haidt , a prominent social psychologist at the NYU Stern School of Business, is among the most vocal advocates of restrictive phone policy. Haidt has tied increased phone usage to instances of self-harm and loneliness among the nation’s youth.
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