Republican lawmakers are proposing blocking kids from accessing social media in schools that receive federal broadband subsidies.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 years ago

      I’m sure glad that isn’t true in mine. My daughter called me today to tell me she was really sick and the nurse wasn’t going to send her home. I knew my wife has been really sick and so I knew she needed to go to the doctor. I wouldn’t have even heard about it until after she got home from school if she didn’t have a phone.

      • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I also know of districts that tried this and just abandoned the idea because it was nigh-on impossible to enforce without suspending like 90% of the kids.

        That is what is happening. They suspended the Senior class president who was caught with a phone because they were waiting on a college scholarship call.

        • HiddenLychee@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 years ago

          I graduated about ten years ago so cellphones were popular, but not the same culture we have now. I got suspended because my mom called my phone which I had forgotten to turn off while it was in my locker before school started. Turns out I had forgotten a project so not only did I get suspended, I failed an assignment. Schools are great

    • foggy@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      Easy enough to setup a wifi hotspot in the bathroom and keep it in your pocket.

    • halferect@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      How did they get the ok for that? Kids with cell phones can help in active shooter situations so to remove a tool that potentially could save a lot of lives seems crazy