Massachusetts has taken steps to make classrooms “more human again” with the state Senate approving a bill to ban cellphones from public schools, argues one educator.
“When phones are put away, everything changes,” Christine Mulroney, president of the Framingham Teachers Association, said at a State House press conference, reported by GBH News.
“Students make eye contact. They engage in real conversations. They focus longer. They learn better. The classroom is more human again.”
The bill, which passed 38-2 on July 31, aims to “promote student learning and mental health” by prohibiting the use of personal electronic devices during the school day.
