As Illinois students return to school this fall, school boards and families will begin implementing a bell-to-bell cell phone ban, stemming from a new law that provides few exceptions for phone use during a school day.
From the time school begins until the dismissal bell rings, students' cell phones should be out of sight, out of mind.
We have reached the end of the Age of Reading and started our descent down the slippery slope of digital distraction toward a post-literate future. But what does this mean? What is the true value of reading? How was the Library of Alexandria lost, anyway? And can any of these questions be answered in an audio-visual podcast? Join James for this contemplative exploration of the meaning and value of the written word. SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS: https://corbettreport.com/they-dont-want-you-to-read/ ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SHOW NOTES WITH LINKS TO ALL OF THE ARTICLES, VIDEOS AND WEBSITES MENTIONED? HOW ABOUT COMMENTS? THEY’RE AT THE CORBETT REPORT WEBSITE! JUST FOLLOW THE “SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS” LINK ABOVE TO GO THERE DIRECTLY.
Educators favor cellphone bans, but research shows that while new rules have reduced phone usage in schools, there has been little academic change.
In some schools, Yondr, a pouch marketed to keep kids off devices, has proved no match for actual children.
Keeping students off their devices is the new norm in many schools. We talked to students and educators at one Kentucky school to see how it's working.