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> At my kid's school the target is no phones until 8th grade. Public or private? I've got a lot of insight into local school districts in my area and a little
by yamtaddle 4y ago
> At my kid's school the target is no phones until 8th grade.
Public or private?
I've got a lot of insight into local school districts in my area and a little into local private schools (good ones—not poor-quality evangelical schools for parents who don't want their kids taught about evolution, or something like that) and the public schools have all completely given up on policing phones and wouldn't dare suggest that parents ought not be giving their 3rd graders smartphones, while the private schools both police them more heavily and seem to serve way fewer families inclined to give preteens a smartphone to begin with.
Feels like the beginning of an even-greater class divide in education, to me.
- stuart78 4y agoPublic, but a very small separated section of a larger school district - only one grade school and one high school. So it is basically a public school that feels private. Having attended private school myself, I think the distinction you are making sounds about right.
- thorncorona 4y agoIt will increase with this 'equity' push in education as schools attempt to get rid of accelerated learning classes as well. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/california-math-curriculum-guidelines.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/california-math-curric...
- otoburb 4y agoIn my kids’ public schools (one ends at grade 5, the other at grade 8), electronic devices found during the school day are confiscated. Not sure about other public schools in our area, but I suspect this type of enforcement is only possible if the majority of families are on board.