[ti:Schools, Parents Disagree over Bans on Student Mobile Phones]
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[00:00.04]Growing numbers of schools in the United States
[00:03.40]are limiting how much students can use their mobile phones.
[00:07.72]Educators say phones are distracting
[00:11.48]and keep children from learning.
[00:14.56]But some parents disagree
[00:16.52]and are pushing back against the policy.
[00:20.72]Bans on the devices were increasing before the COVID-19 pandemic.
[00:25.92]Since schools reopened, struggles with student behavior and mental health
[00:31.72]have given some schools even more reason to restrict use.
[00:37.52]During the time of online learning,
[00:39.96]parents had constant access to their children.
[00:43.60]Some have not wanted to give that access up.
[00:47.48]Others say they fear losing contact
[00:50.72]with their children if there were a school shooting.
[00:55.08]With more debate on how subjects like race are taught in schools,
[00:59.52]some parents also view phone restrictions
[01:02.64]as a way of keeping them out of their kids' education.
[01:07.84]Shannon Moser has students
[01:09.72]in eighth and ninth grades in Rochester, New York.
[01:13.96]She said she felt parents were being pushed away
[01:17.40]when the local school system locked away student phones.
[01:21.84]She noted that many parents on either side
[01:24.96]of the political divide feel the same way.
[01:29.52]"Everything is just so politicized, so divisive.
[01:33.92]And I think parents just have a general fear
[01:37.24]of what's happening with their kids during the day,"
[01:40.08]Moser told The Associated Press.
[01:43.52]There is a form of accountability, she said,
[01:46.72]when students are able to record what goes on around them.
[01:52.20]The National Center for Education Statistics
[01:55.28]found that about 65 percent of public schools
[01:59.48]banned mobile phones in 2015.
[02:02.36]By the 2019-2020 school year,
[02:05.88]restrictions were in place at 76 percent of schools.
[02:10.72]And the states of California and Tennessee
[02:14.68]recently passed laws permitting schools to ban phones.
[02:20.36]Now, educators see a need
[02:23.08]to keep students from being distracted.
[02:26.04]During the pandemic, many students experienced learning loss.
[02:32.72]Liz Keren-Kolb is a professor of education technologies
[02:37.24]at the University of Michigan.
[02:40.36]She said school officials may feel like
[02:43.40]they could restrict mobile devices due to parents' concern
[02:47.84]about high amounts of screen time during the pandemic.
[02:52.24]But she said there is a wide range of parental opinions on the subject.
[02:59.16]"You still have the parents that want to have
[03:01.80]that direct line of communication," she said.
[03:04.92]"But I do think that there's more of an empathy and an understanding
[03:10.32]toward their child being able to put away their devices
[03:13.96]so they can really focus on the learning in the classroom."
[03:19.56]In western Pennsylvania, the Washington School District
[03:23.04]started a ban on mobile phones this year
[03:26.16]as educators found them to be a distraction.
[03:30.52]Students were on their phones in the hallways and at lunch tables.
[03:35.24]Some would call home or answer calls in the middle of a class,
[03:39.76]high school teacher Treg Campbell said.
[03:44.16]School system leader, George Lammay,
[03:46.68]said the ban was the right choice.
[03:49.84]He said the ban was to keep students focused on school,
[03:54.08]"not try to limit their contact with families."
[03:59.36]In some cases, pushback from parents
[04:02.24]has led to changes in policy.
[04:05.60]At the Brush School District in Colorado,
[04:08.88]mobile phones were banned
[04:10.56]after teachers had concerns over online bullying.
[04:14.84]When parents pushed back,
[04:16.68]the school system held a community meeting,
[04:19.64]with most arguing against the ban.
[04:23.32]Parents said they wanted their children
[04:25.64]to have access to their phones.
[04:29.44]The policy was changed to permit phones on school grounds.
[04:34.48]But they must be turned off and put away.
[04:37.64]The school also said it would let some students
[04:41.08]use their phones for special reasons.
[04:44.72]"There's not an intention to say cell phones are evil," Wilson said.
[04:49.72]Instead, it is "‘How do we manage this in a way
[04:53.52]that makes sense for everybody?'"
[04:56.72]Kolb said there is no perfect answer for phones in schools.
[05:02.32]"It really comes down to making sure
[05:04.60]that we're educating students and parents
[05:07.16]about healthy habits with their digital devices," she said.
[05:12.60]I'm Dan Novak. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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