" In the next chapter, on what schools can do, I'll make the case that all schools, from elementary through high school, should go phone-free to improve not only mental health but academic outcomes as well."
I do not work in the high school nor do my own kids attend the high school, but I like how this year the high school has created a no-phone policy during the school day. My oldest will be at the high school in 4 years and when he is there I will be glad that he can't have his phone on him during the day. They are a distraction. You are sitting in class and your phone vibrates, now you want to look at it and see who has messaged you. Now all you can think about is that message you were just sent instead of what the lesson is that your teacher is talking about.
When that bell rings at the end of the day, you know kids are going right to their locker to grab that phone, turn it on, and check what messages they have received. With the no phone policy, for at least 6 hours kids will not be on their phones checking all their social media apps and messaging with one another.
I am happy to hear that many schools are implementing this policy.
I do not work in the high school nor do my own kids attend the high school, but I like how this year the high school has created a no-phone policy during the school day. My oldest will be at the high school in 4 years and when he is there I will be glad that he can't have his phone on him during the day. They are a distraction. You are sitting in class and your phone vibrates, now you want to look at it and see who has messaged you. Now all you can think about is that message you were just sent instead of what the lesson is that your teacher is talking about.
When that bell rings at the end of the day, you know kids are going right to their locker to grab that phone, turn it on, and check what messages they have received. With the no phone policy, for at least 6 hours kids will not be on their phones checking all their social media apps and messaging with one another.
I am happy to hear that many schools are implementing this policy.