{"id":11769,"date":"2023-10-04T17:37:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T15:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/04\/proposed-school-phone-ban-is-another-pointless-tory-policy-letters\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T17:37:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T15:37:36","slug":"proposed-school-phone-ban-is-another-pointless-tory-policy-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/04\/proposed-school-phone-ban-is-another-pointless-tory-policy-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposed school phone ban is another pointless Tory policy | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Readers argue that Gillian Keegan\u2019s plan to ban mobile phones in schools is not needed and won\u2019t work<\/p>\n<p>Your editorial on phones in schools (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2023\/oct\/02\/the-guardian-view-on-phones-in-schools-like-the-devices-this-ban-is-a-distraction\" title=\"\">2 October<\/a>) makes the point that most secondary schools already have clear policies to deal with this issue. The comprehensive school with 1,800 pupils that I last taught at allowed pupils to bring their phones in, but they had to be switched off and kept in bags during lessons. If a pupil tried to access their phone in class, the teacher would confiscate it and leave it at the school\u2019s reception, where it could be collected only by a parent or guardian. This policy was very effective. Pupils could use their phones at break and lunchtime, and many did \u2013 to listen to music, play games and interact socially.<\/p>\n<p>In my experience, most parents of secondary schoolchildren want them to carry phones. It means they can contact a parent if they are going to be late home, or want permission to go to a friend\u2019s etc, while the parents are reassured by having direct access to their children before and after the school day.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2023\/oct\/04\/proposed-school-phone-ban-is-another-pointless-tory-policy\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/9537ef1c45c6445f3742777793479a2b1296cad0\/0_376_7320_4392\/master\/7320.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4fcfd32ce835d5934c8e578afe811fc9\" title=\"Proposed school phone ban is another pointless Tory policy | Letters\" \/>Readers argue that Gillian Keegan\u2019s plan to ban mobile phones in schools is not needed and won\u2019t work<br \/>\nYour editorial on phones in schools (2 October) makes the point that most secondary schools already have clear policies to deal with this issue. The comprehensive school with 1,800 pupils that I last taught at allowed pupils to bring their phones in, but they had to be switched off and kept in bags during lessons. If a pupil tried to access their phone in class, the teacher would confiscate it and leave it at the school\u2019s reception, where it could be collected only by a parent or guardian. This policy was very effective. Pupils could use their phones at break and lunchtime, and many did \u2013 to listen to music, play games and interact socially.<br \/>\nIn my experience, most parents of secondary schoolchildren want them to carry phones. It means they can contact a parent if they are going to be late home, or want permission to go to a friend\u2019s etc, while the parents are reassured by having direct access to their children before and after the school day. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readers argue that Gillian Keegan\u2019s plan to ban mobile phones in schools is not needed and won\u2019t work Your editorial on phones in schools (2 October) makes the point that most secondary schools already have clear policies to deal with this issue. The comprehensive school with 1,800 pupils that I last taught at allowed pupils &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/04\/proposed-school-phone-ban-is-another-pointless-tory-policy-letters\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Proposed school phone ban is another pointless Tory policy | Letters<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11769"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}