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A teachers union says it’s fed up with social media’s impact on students (www.nbcnews.com)
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A teachers union says it’s fed up with social media’s impact on students::The nation’s second-largest teachers union said Thursday it was losing patience with social media apps that it says are contributing to mental health problems and misbehavior in classrooms nationwide, draining time and money from teachers and school systems.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I went to high school before smartphones were really a thing (pre-iPhone) and we weren't allowed to have phones during the school day. It seemed reasonable at the time, but it's probably harder to pry phones out of high schoolers' hands these days.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Also, at least as the US goes, it might be a bad idea - take ways away from students to sound the alarm about a school shooter...