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stupid. this will generate far more work and distraction than it hopes to prevent.
We have tests done in our schools in the Netherlands right now and the early results are that it has a positive effect. Students talk to eachother more, say they have more fun during breaks. Also that they can concentrate better on their schoolwork.
How? My first thought was this is good. Kids should have to be in the classroom when they're in the classroom and not on the internet.
they said it themselves, parents dont want this. I dont want this for my kids. so they will be fighting both the parents and the students for enforcement. theres going to be a constant tit for tat... administrative churn from enforcement of some stupid state law. what is or isnt a 'simple device'.
the reality is, this is a per-classroom thing plenty of teachers currently have a handle on. the teachers that do have a problem with phones just basket them as they walk in. the problem for phone distractions at the classroom level has been solved, per-teacher.
you dont need special ~~rules~~ laws to send a disruptive internet surfing kid to the office.
i dont want the state telling me my kid cant carry the device i gave them. they have plenty of real problems to solve.
The article defines a simple device as a phone that can send texts but has no Internet access
My kids have child phones on Google Fi which allows me to shut down their Internet with a couple of button presses. Are they simple devices if I geofence their internet access off while they're in school? I somehow doubt it, but it does meet the definition as you've stated it, which in turn means it is as @originalucifer said, not exactly cut and dry.
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