No Cellphones Allowed.

PositionEDUCATION - Brief article

Students in France must say "au revoir" to their cellphones. A law went into effect there at the beginning of the school year that bans students in first through ninth grades from using their phones on school premises. High schools can decide whether to adopt the rule for older students. French officials hope it will help students concentrate better and cut down on cyberbullying. But in the U.S., many schools are doing the opposite: They're getting rid of cellphone bans. The percentage of U.S. schools with bans declined from 91 percent in the 2009-10 school year to 66...

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