How a Colorado Springs school's cell phone ban is working

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How a Colorado Springs school's cell phone ban is working

Colorado lawmakers are proposing a bill for public and charter schools to implement cell phone use policies. Many schools throughout the Pikes Peak region have implemented restrictions or bans on phones throughout the past few years. "I just don't notice it that's my favorite part of it," Seamus McGuire, a chemistry teacher at St. Mary's High School in Colorado Springs said. The private catholic school was among the first schools in the area to …

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Newport Petitions State Leaders for School Cell Phone Ban - Newport This Week

The Newport School Committee floated a statewide school cell phone ban during a meeting with Rhode Island legislators on Feb. 1. At the Newport Area Career and Technical Center, the School Com­mittee met with the city’s legisla­tive delegation in the Rhode Island General Assembly to cover a range of topics, including cell phone use in the classroom and the state’s school funding formula. The meeting was attended by Rep. Lauren Carson, Sen. Louis…

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Styrian schools can now conclude behavioural agreements in dealing with digital devices.

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Locust Valley school board talks cell phone ban, student enrollment

Locust Valley administrators said at the Feb. 11 board of education meeting that middle schoolers have abided by the school's cell phone ban in higher numbers this year, with 59 confiscations throughout the school year so far. Last year, the district implemented a cell phone policy prohibiting smartphone use during school hours for kindergarten through eighth-grade students. “What’s the most important thing that we do every day? Educate children…

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Students reflect on mobile phone ban in schools

Measure was introduced to improve behaviour and reduce online bullying