How do you handle phones in schools?

More than two -thirds of the children in the United States are getting a smartphone by their thirteenth year, but the spread of these devices worries parents and teachers, as well as local officials who want to organize their use in schools. The two largest educational regions in the United States, ie the cities of New York and Los Angeles, intend to ban phones from the next academic year, while the states in New York and California study the imposition of state levels. US public surgeon Vivek Mourthi urged schools in an article published by the New York Times in June to prevent phones in the teaching halls and during space, and talked about a psychological health crisis affecting adolescents. A poll of the “Pew Research Center” this year also revealed that more than 70% of high school teachers consider the distraction of phones as a big problem. However, the application of the telephone ban has several challenges. A survey of the National Union of parents in February shows that most parents believe that students should use their phones at times during school hours. The Pew poll also showed that 60% of high school teachers see that the application of policies related to phones is difficult or very difficult. In the eighties of the last century, schools in New York banned communication devices when students began bringing the call devices to the teaching languages. The City has previously applied more policy regarding the ban on smartphones under the management of former mayor Michael Bloomberg (who is the founder and the largest shareholder of Bloomberg, who is owned by Bloomberg Businesswick and asked the ban on phones in schools). But this policy was canceled in 2015 during the era of former mayor Bill de Palacio, who saw that these laws prevent families from communicating with their children, who are a general objection between parents, especially in light of the increasing incidents of shooting in schools. It has also been considered that the application of this policy is unfair as it is mainly imposed in the schools of the children of low income families, with metal detectors. However, the scene has changed a lot over the past decade. Children receive telephones at a younger age, as well as depression, suicide thinking and the expansion of the academic gap. Despite the multitude of reasons for this, senior psychologists believe that social media and the use of smartphones are important factors that drive it. So, after phones have become a fixed part of our lives, is it possible to reach a compromise? Supporting arguments like all of us, spend children from their telephone screens for a long time. A study in 2023 showed that adolescents receive an average of 237 online notice daily and spend about four and a half hours a day on their phones, and the time for some of them to use the phone can reach 16 hours a day. The Unified Los Angeles educational province developed a policy for the use of cell phones in 2011, but it did not effectively apply it because there was no serious desire to tighten laws over the past year. But Nick Milvin, a member of the Council for Educational Province, says that the situation has changed today, especially after the publication of the book “The Angstuious Generation” by Jonathan Hydet in March. The book, which has had immediate success, has linked smartphones and psychological problems to children, which contributed to the crystallization of political will to take more serious measures, according to Milvin, which led to the drafting of new laws that will come into effect in January. About a quarter of the countries of the world have taken measures to prohibit phones in schools according to a report issued by UNESCO in 2023, including France, which in 2018 issued a law to prevent younger students from using cell phones on the school campus, while high schools would set their own policy. In 2021, China banned children from bringing phones to school without the approval of their parents. Supporters of this embargo hope that the prevention of schools in schools will help improve academic performance, which is a major concern in light of the slowdown in the United States’s recovery of the effects of the pandemic. (Last year, the national math tests conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics have the greatest decline in the academic performance of students at the age of thirteen). Supporters of more difficult controls also believe that these measures will increase a healthy social interaction between children. A study conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in January showed that cases of bullying decreased after the imposition of the phones, while the health of psychological girls improved and increased their degrees, especially those who came from low social and economic backgrounds. Opposition votes are concerned that critics are concerned about imposing a complete ban on phones due to the loss of parents the ability to communicate with their children, whether they should follow their regular issues, such as changing the date of football training, or in emergency situations such as medical crises. Aaron Palace, a professor of sociology and education at Teachers College at the University of Colombia, believes that children should learn how to control the way they use the phones. He also pointed out that most educational areas do not address logistical challenges regarding the ban. For example, the issue of the cost of magnetic bags used to save phones, which can reach the price of each of $ 30, in addition to collecting phones at the beginning of the school day and then returning it at the end of it, it will take time of classes. He said: “I understand the motive behind the imposition of the embargo, but I’m worried that policymakers didn’t think deeply with the challenges they face.” The application of this policy is not equal to all students, some of them may feel isolated, while it is almost inevitable to make things easier for students who need services, such as translation or speech programs. The compromise that links a growing number of research between increasing the use of electronic devices and the weakening of mental health in children and adolescents, but we need even more information to determine the effect of the ban on schools. In a rare collaboration between the Democratic and Republican parties in the United States, Republican Senators Tom Cotton on Arkansas and Democrat Tim Kane in Virginia offered a bill in November, which compelled the Ministry of Education to prepare a study on the topic of telephones and to assign $ 5 million annually to Buy. Some schools have tried to deliver students to the administration, so that they will return them in the penultimate session, giving them enough time to coordinate with their parents about any change to take them to the work hours of the school or activities. There are also those who prefer to allow schools to use simple devices, such as simple phones commonly in the early millennium, as it does not cause addiction such as modern devices that contain many applications. In the case of parents who are concerned about emergency situations, some experts believe that the presence of phones in the hands of students in such situations can increase the risks of their safety. For example. In the case of an armed striker, the telephone resonance can reveal the child’s website, and the terminated students’ contacts can cause an accident with rescue teams. On the other hand, an additional sensitive issue is related to the opinion of technology companies that their young clients can lose. For example, Apple promotes its smart watch as a substitute for smartphones for children. Since 2020, it offers a function that allows children to make calls and send text messages to their families with this watch connected to the iPhone of one of the parents. However, these small devices may not be the perfect solution that everyone is looking for, as one study showed, for example, that it will lead attention more than telephones during management.