Many Maryland school leaders are debating how to limit cellphone use in hopes of keeping students focused in the classroom.
Cellphone notifications are a distraction during class, but so is the urge students have to check their phones, said Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins University professor and public policy researcher. There’s also a “secondhand smoke effect” where students get distracted by other students using their devices.
But many parents have opposed cellphone bans, some wanting the ability to contact their children in case of an emergency. What do you think?
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