Ban the Cellphone Ban

• Published in: Education next Vol. 23; no. 1
• Main Author: Horn, Michael B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Education Next Institute 01.12.2023
• Subjects: Academic Standards; Achievement Gains; Active Learning; Adolescents; Alcohol Abuse; Bans; Blended Learning; Cellular telephones; Child Development; Classrooms; Computers; Depression (Psychology); Education; Educational technology; Elementary Education; Elementary Schools; Group Discussion; Language Laboratories; Learning; Mathematics Activities; Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Tests; Mental Health; Mental health care; Middle School Students; Middle Schools; Personal computers; Portable computers; Public schools; Rejection (Psychology); School Buildings; School Safety; Smartphones; Social networks; Students; Teachers; Teenagers; United States > US; Massachusetts

According to the federal education department, more than three quarters of public schools prohibited the non-academic use of cellphones during school hours in 2019–20. According to the Centers for Disease Control, in 2021 44 percent of U.S. high-school students reported “persistent feelings of sadne...