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Phone-free schools seem like an obvious way to fight this, but supposedly modern parents need constant access to their kids and tend to oppose the idea.
by _greim_ 2y ago
Phone-free schools seem like an obvious way to fight this, but supposedly modern parents need constant access to their kids and tend to oppose the idea.
- tiznow 2y agoYou don't get phone-free schools in a post-Uvalde world.
- xeromal 2y agoThere's always a market for dumb phones.
- NeutralCrane 2y agoIndiana literally just banned phones from schools state-wide this month.
- markus92 2y agoSame with The Netherlands (not legally, but all schools have agreed to implement these rules).
- vaylian 2y agoI skimmed the wikipedia article on the event[1] but I don't see anything that explains the role of kid's phones in the event. Can you elaborate? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting
- wildrhythms 2y agoIn short, the police department's involvement (or lack thereof) has made parents feel that they can't rely on the police to communicate or coordinate during a mass shooting.
- Teever 2y agohttps://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-education-minister-clarifies-directive-to-ban-cellphones-in-classrooms-1.6589572 https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-education-minister-clarif... https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/europe/netherlands-school-phone-ban-scli-intl-wellness/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/europe/netherlands-school-pho... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-restrict-cellphones-schools-1.7096155 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-restrict-... Americans might not get phone-free schools but others in places that have their shit together on gun regulations and police corruption/incompetence will.
- drawkward 2y agoMaybe freeing kids from the grip of social media addiction prevents future Uvaldes?