This chapter explores the impacts of cell phone usage in educational settings, focusing on the policies at the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia. It contrasts these policies with differing opinions, including a forthcoming interview with New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who advocates for a stricter cell phone ban.
Educators and politicians across the nation are banning cellphones in classrooms. Today, Explained’s Miles Bryan visits a school in Philadelphia to find out how kids feel about it.
This episode was reported and produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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