As a middle-school teacher, Nancy Streit understands how hard it can be to compete with a smartphone for a child’s attention.But as a mother, she knows the devices are a necessity when there’s an emergency.“It’s mostly the parents calling,” she says, adding that while she doesn’t allow phone use in her classroom, students routinely skirt […]
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Teacher retiring over cell phone use during class
An Arizona high school biology teacher had his last week of teaching after becoming exasperated with his students’ constant smartphone usage in the classroom. Sahuaro High School’s Mitchell Rutherford spoke to a local Tucson NBC affiliate early last week, saying that he has done everything he can to try and get his students to break […]
Schools crack down on cell phone use
Schools are finding creative ways to stop students from using their cellphones during the day, fueling debates about the effectiveness and wisdom of such bans. Some schools have partnered with companies to implement the use of pouches that students are required to put their phones into at the beginning of the day and that don’t […]
Cell phone reception is getting worse! Why?
On average, between April and June of 2023, U.S. cellphone users reported that out of every 100 times they tried to use data, text, or make a call, they had problems 11 times. That’s up from about nine problems per 100 connections in most of 2020 and 2021, according to a report from J.D. Power. […]
Are Cell Phones Changing Our Brains?
The first handheld cellphone call was made 50 years ago, and since then these devices have become an essential multi-tool that helps us run our lives. But are they also altering the way our brains work? One recent report found that adults in the US check their phones, on average, 344 times a day – […]