Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoMinisters confirm plan to ban use of mobile phones in schools in Englandwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down12
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkMinisters confirm plan to ban use of mobile phones in schools in Englandwww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squaremellowheat@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down3·edit-29 months agohttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/26/put-learners-first-unesco-calls-for-global-ban-on-smartphones-in-schools Seems like an obvious thing to do. Too bad we wasted a generation or two on this problem before waking up.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 months agoIt’s so obvious that almost all schools in the UK were already doing it. This is a non-solution that will have zero impact
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·9 months agoIt doesn’t really need to be legislated by central government though (like here in NZ). It could’ve just been a directive from the ministry of education, or left to the schools themselves to decide. We could just properly fund education, but that’s hard apparently.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/26/put-learners-first-unesco-calls-for-global-ban-on-smartphones-in-schools
Seems like an obvious thing to do. Too bad we wasted a generation or two on this problem before waking up.
It’s so obvious that almost all schools in the UK were already doing it.
This is a non-solution that will have zero impact
It doesn’t really need to be legislated by central government though (like here in NZ).
It could’ve just been a directive from the ministry of education, or left to the schools themselves to decide.
We could just properly fund education, but that’s hard apparently.