Michigan’s school cellphone ban, which takes effect with the new school year, is “going to be a bumpy road in the beginning,” Salem High School English teacher Kelly Giromini predicts.
The no-phone policy is likely to pose challenges for students. While some students will learn for the first time what instruction time is like without scrolling social media, others will have to adapt to not having their phones as a classroom tool.
In rising Plymouth High School senior Olivia Schneid’s case, she might be less efficient at completing class assignments. Before the ban, she’d use her computer and phone at the same time for research or learning game platforms like Kahoot. “I’ll have a bunch of tabs open on my Chromebook, and then I’ll have some open on my phone where I cross-reference different websites,” she explained…