Indiana students will need to put their phones away during class under a law that requires districts to ban communication devices from class.

Indiana just passed legislation to require schools to ban phones.

They permit them for health reasons, emergencies, when part of lesson, and when part of a formal plan.

I personally don’t like the idea of schools requiring locking them up. What would you do in that emergency they mentioned?

Why should kids not be able to use them at lunch?

If you want to control your kid’s phone time, there’s already apps for that.

Edit: additional comment from a teacher: she said the phone restrictions aren’t going to be as effective as one would think with all the kids having watches with data plans. Dude…

  • mysoulishome@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    4 months ago

    I’d be more than fine if the school makes kids put their phones away but I am definitely 100% against the state mandating anything like this. After they did the whole pronouns need parental permission bill I want the state to stay the fuck away from school policy setting…

    • RedFox@infosec.pubOPEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Yeah, I think I’m going to have a much bigger issue with school related legislation in a couple of years when my son gets there.

      I agree from the standpoint of bringing political/social issues into an environment where it should be primarily focused on learning. I’d also appreciate legislation regarding schools to be very limited.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        4 months ago

        Life is political and social and learning about social issues and politics is an essential part of education.

        Would you want your child learning about slavery without learning why slavery was wrong? I doubt it. However, that is both a political and social issue.

        • RedFox@infosec.pubOPEnglish
          2·
          4 months ago

          That’s a good example.

          It’s hard for me to fathom having to explain at all how it was wrong. Apply that to most issues of discrimination.

          History without context is a bit like telling someone from another country there’s a colts vs patriots game and them wondering why that matters (it doesn’t, I don’t like sports that much, but local people generally understand the huge rivalry). Other people wouldnt, so it wouldn’t have much gravity without context.