The UK proposes an amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill to ban smartphones in all schools in England; a ban was previously just advisory
Government amendment to children's wellbeing and schools bill to replace existing guidance with statutory ban
The Guardian Sally Weale
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Phones to be banned in schools by law in England, government says
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Jessica Ringrose
Jessica Ringrose
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This is a bogus bill that will not protect young people from addictive tech design. Instead of regulating & fining harmful tech companies …
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@peterwalker99
Peter Walker
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Sounds like the “mobile phone ban” will simply make statutory what was already guidance to schools in England - no phones during the school day. So appears largely symbolic given almost all schools had this policy in place anyway. — www.theguardian.com/politics/ 202...
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@owenboswarva
Owen Boswarva
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That's not the amendment, though. 106 was proposed and supported in the Lords, but not the Commons. Government has now said it will introduce its own amendment banning smartphones in schools but: “The details of the government's amendment have not yet been published.” www.bbc.c…
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@gazza-d
@gazza-d
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More performative nonsense that won't solve the real issues children face with devices and social media. Education and tackling the social media corporations is what's needed. — www.theguardian.com/politics/ 202...
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@emmavj
Emma Jacobs
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Research from the children's commissioner for England last year found that 99.8% of primary schools and 90% of secondary schools already had policies in place that limited or restricted the use of mobile phones during the school day. — www.theguardian.com/politics/ 202...
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@anthonypainter
Anthony Painter
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Our approach to technology is so deeply confused. Banning the last tech wave whilst vigorously evangelising the next one. Which we'll then end up trying to ban. — Is there not any way of thinking this through upstream or are we just locked in this cycle? — www.theguardian.c…
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@thedicemechanic
@thedicemechanic
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Pointless law making. 99% of schools already ban mobile phones. Useless gesture politics. — Maybe spend more time informing the public of the truth and less time being performative. — www.theguardian.com/politics/ 202...
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Phones to be banned in schools by law in England under government plans
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@risu
@risu
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www.theguardian.com/politics/ 202... Today, a teacher exhorted one of my children's classes ( they are all 13/14) to “follow my TikTok /youtube” to learn the subject . — So exactly what are we doing here? — Also bans don't work as every secondary has children with booze, ene…
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@craiggrannell
Craig Grannell
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Alas, when have facts and figures ever got in the way of the government enacting a ban on something that gets *that* chunk of middle England nodding along? — Labour needs wins. The press will back this. Hang the consequences. And so on. [embedded post]