What would Michigan’s proposed cellphone ban bill mean for students?
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy.Autumn Thomas can see the benefits of a ban on using cellphones during class for some students.But Thomas, a freshman at Detroit’s Martin Luther King Jr. High School, doesn’t think every student needs to adhere to the same restriction.“Not all schools need that rule,” she said. “I use my phone sometimes during school and I’m getting good grades – along with a lot of other students here at King.”A bill introduced last month would create a statewide ban on using...
Parents like cell phone ban, with reservations
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A boost to better learning, a block to connecting with their child — that’s how some parents see the Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s new executive order to ban cell phones from Virginia classrooms that takes effect Jan. 1. 10 On Your Side attended the first two of three informational sessions run […]