(Iowa) — As students get ready to head back to school, teachers and administrators are preparing to enact Iowa’s new law banning phones during classroom instruction.
“What a difference that device has made. You have a small computer in your hand. So yes, it’s a great tool, but we also see the negative effects. I think the state law is recognizing that, and I hope we can all get behind it and get back to learning in the classroom,” said Mitch Kuhnert, Principal of Stilwell Junior High School in West Des Moines.
The law, signed in April, bans cellphone use during classroom instructional time. School districts across the state of Iowa are implementing their own policies in line with the cell phone law. Some schools are opting for a full bell-to-bell ban, others are varying cell phone restrictions based on grade or only allowing students to have phones during certain times of the day…