Full school day cell phone bans are more popular than ever
A new Pew Research Center survey indicates that a majority of US adults now support banning cell phones in schools for the entire day. While support is high across most demographics, younger adults aged 18-29 remain significantly more skeptical of these policies.
Why it matters
This reflects a major shift in public policy and educational administration regarding the role of personal technology in learning environments.
As schools across the country continue to implement cell phone bans, a new Pew Research Center survey shows they continue to gain support.
Seventy-seven percent of US adults support banning cell phones in middle and high school classes, and 48 percent support banning them for the entire school day. That’s the first time more Americans have supported, rather than opposed, so-called bell-to-bell bans. Two years ago, just 36 percent of American adults supported an all day ban.
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