In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets during the school day.

Around the country, educators say students routinely send Snapchat messages in class, listen to music and shop online, among countless other examples of how smartphones distract from teaching and learning.

The hold that phones have on adolescents in America today is well-documented, but teachers say parents are often not aware to what extent students use them inside the classroom. And increasingly, educators and experts are speaking with one voice on the question of how to handle it: Ban phones during classes.

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    4 months ago

    I’m pretty sure the issue being discussed is the usage of phones during class time. Literally, it’s in the blurb. You didn’t even have to click on the article.

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      4 months ago

      It never ceased to amaze me on reddit how people would have such strong opinions on an article that they obviously didn’t even read because they had basic facts incorrect.

      But, man, Lemmy has made that look like childs play, considering the inclusion of the blurb, which is basically like a comment, and people will still upvote comments that get basic facts included in the blurb wrong.

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      4 months ago

      You would be surprised how much shit happens during class time.