A Sydney high school banned mobile phones. It had dramatic results | smh_andrew
A Sydney high school has seen a dramatic decrease in behavioural issues and a boost in physical activity and students talking to each other just two months after it tightened restrictions on mobile phone usage.
that students can bring phones to and from school for safety and communication “but simply would not be able to use them during their school day”. A NSW Education Department spokesman said high school principals have the discretion to manage “the use of digital devices to best meet the needs of their school communities”.SCEGGS Darlinghurst joined the list of private schools that ban students from using mobile phones this year.teachers were concerned about greater use of phones, “a seeming increase in students’ dependency on them, and just the plain distractibility of students, too.
Teachers also supported the restrictions, provided they were given a device to unlock the phone pouches if required for a lesson. Rule said not all students were as enthusiastic about the new phone restrictions as their parents and teachers.“Like any teenagers in the 21st century, I wouldn’t say students were jumping up and down in delight with the new policy and use of pouches,” he said.
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