Global trends favor phone-free schools as Japan still debating action

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1. Only allow Kids’ Keitai” (キッズケータイ)

2. i remember even back when i was in high school with the motorola razr’s and stuff we were not allowed to bring our phones out of our lockers until the end of the school bell rang

   did schools since then become more relaxing with the advent of smartphones?

3. My son’s private high school uses Teams and other things on their smartphones (& laptops, of course). They turn them off during class. Seems like a good way to teach them basic manners and common sense. I’m glad he has his phone with him, especially with sports after school and weekends and changing schedules, etc.

4. It’s worth noting that this global trend wasn’t backed up by research. It started as a reactionary idea. The policies were being implemented before the actual research and the research that are now trickling in show mixed results in improving school grades. The research that yields positive results largely find small improvements in grades largely confined to low-achieving, economically disadvantaged students, especially those who don’t study STEM.

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