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The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest in the US with 429,000 students, will ban smartphones in classrooms from January. The decision follows calls from California’s Democratic Governor, Gavin Newsom, for a statewide ban after Surgeon-General Vivek Murthy urged Congress to require online platforms to display warning labels. Critics argue there is no conclusive evidence that smartphones cause mental illness, and most parents prefer their children to have phones in school.
Los Angeles School District to Ban Smartphones in Classrooms
Beginning January, the Los Angeles Unified School District, America’s second-largest with 429,000 students, will be implementing a classroom ban on smartphones. This decision comes after California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom called for a statewide ban. His call was fueled by America’s Surgeon-general Vivek Murthy’s plea to Congress to mandate online platforms to exhibit warning labels. Sign up here for our daily newsletter, “The US in brief”.
Despite some researchers refuting the idea of smartphones causing mental illness, most American parents favor their children having phones in school. The challenge of enforcing phone-free classrooms is a topic that we’ve previously covered.
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