{"id":2232,"date":"2023-12-20T22:17:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T23:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/?p=2232"},"modified":"2023-12-20T23:44:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T23:44:38","slug":"cox-seeks-to-crack-down-on-cellphone-use-in-utah-public-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/cox-seeks-to-crack-down-on-cellphone-use-in-utah-public-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Cox seeks to crack down on cellphone use in Utah public schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A student uses their phone while walking between classes at Cyprus High School in Magna on Jan. 27, 2023. <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/span><\/p>\n

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Spenser Heaps, Deseret News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox wants to crack down on public school students\u2019 cellphone use during class.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be sending out a letter to every every principal, every school in the state, asking them to take more measures to prevent smartphones from being in kids\u2019 hands during during class time,\u201d Cox said during the PBS Utah Governor\u2019s Monthly News Conference<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The governor said there is \u201coverwhelming evidence\u201d of learning loss that coincides with widespread use of cellphones.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked about learning loss during COVID and it was severe. But if you if you go back and look at the data, learning loss in our country and all over the world started in about 2012, when these smartphones became ubiquitous,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cox acknowledged \u201cthere are exceptions. Everybody likes to point out the one exception of the kid who has a medical issue and needs their phone. Great. I\u2019m fine with that. I\u2019m no problem with that whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n

But for the vast majority of students, \u201cwe know that things improve at least at least giving kids a break for six or seven hours a day when they\u2019re in the classroom,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Utah State Board of Education declined to comment.<\/p>\n

According to Harvard University researcher Dylan Lukes<\/a>, existing studies provide evidence that allowing phones in the classroom negatively impacts test scores and long-term learning retention.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn psychology, research on multitasking generally finds negative effects on learning and task completion and, more generally, research has shown that cellphones distract and negatively impact reaction times, performance, enjoyment of focal tasks and cognitive capacity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As schools considered removing bans or enforcement of cell phone restrictions, they should also consider the \u201coften overlooked dimensions of school culture that could play a role in educational productivity and student well-being,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything inherently bad about cellphones but I do think it\u2019s key to engage in a discussion around the tradeoffs of having them in schools and classrooms. There might be some interesting ways to balance the tradeoffs of their distractions and their benefits \u2014 something like having magnetized pouches and allowing students to take out cellphones under special circumstances\u201d such as a class activity or lunch, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome schools are already experimenting with these alternatives and there are some prime opportunities in this space to evaluate impacts of these polices on educational outcomes, including school discipline and school culture,\u201d Lukes said.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A student uses their phone while walking between classes at Cyprus High School in Magna on Jan. 27, 2023. Spenser Heaps, Deseret News Utah Gov. Spencer Cox wants to crack down on public school students\u2019 cellphone use during class. \u201cI\u2019ll be sending out a letter to every every principal, every...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2233,"href":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232\/revisions\/2233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shinsori.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}