New York students who were banned from using phones first hated, then loved it


By AGENCY
  • Family
  • Wednesday, 21 Aug 2024

According to the Pew Research Centre, about 70% of high school teachers and one-third of middle school teachers say that students being distracted by cellphones is a major problem in classrooms. — Dreamstime/TNS

SIGNS of withdrawal began to show immediately.

At a high school in upstate New York that had banned mobile phones, a student was constantly reaching for her nonexistent device and grabbing air.

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