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Alberta to ban cellphones in kindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms starting this fall
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
The province’s announcement on Monday came on the heels of the U.S. surgeon-general calling on Congress to issue warning labels on social-media platforms, arguing that the products have emerged as an “important contributor” of the mental-health crisis among young people.
In a Monday opinion article in The New York Times, U.S. surgeon-general Vivek Murthy said a warning label on social-media platforms, similar to those on tobacco products, would be among the steps needed to protect young people.
Earlier this month, Nova Scotia announced rules that take effect this fall and require all elementary students to turn off their cellphones and store them out of sight during the school day.
Under new rules coming this fall, students in Grade 6 and below must put their cellphones away, powered off or set to silent mode throughout the school day, unless they receive permission from the teacher.
Michael Boyes, a developmental psychologist at the University of Calgary, said the devices affect students’ ability to focus, which in turn harms their critical-thinking and problem-solving skills.
“This strategy of moving to limit access to smartphones in our schools is an important step toward helping our students focus their attention on the learning and the development they need to do in order to flourish in the world,” he said at Monday’s news conference.
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