The e
was
a
time
stude ts
ca ied
lu ch
bags
a d
bottles
i
thei
ha ds.
Now
those
thi gs
have
bee
eplaced
with
la ge -tha -life
sma tpho es
a d
iPads
that
co tai
all
the
i fo matio
a d
thei
atte tio .
This
has
p ompted
at
least
35
states
alo g
with
the
Dist ict
of
Columbia
to
ba
sma tpho es
i
some
capacity.
The e
a e
24
states
that
have
a
st aight
bell-to-bell
est ictio
o
sma tpho es
i
schools.
That
is,
they
a e
ot
allowed
at
all
f om
the
time
school
sta ts
to
the
time
school
e ds.
Some
of
these
states
i clude
Alabama,
Califo ia,
Texas,
a d
New
Yo k.
Fo
Flo ida,
Geo gia,
a d
Hawaii,
the
bell-to-bell
ba
is
o ly
effective
fo
g ades
K-8.
The e
a e
10
othe
states
that
o ly
ba
sma tpho es
whe
it’s
i st uctio al
time
i
the
class oom,
i cludi g
I dia a,
Utah,
a d
Nevada.Whe
stude ts
i
Ka sas
etu
to
school
late
this
mo th,
a
ew
law
will
equi e
that
thei
pe so al
cellula
commu icatio
devices,
i cludi g
pho es,
ea buds,
a d
sma twatches
a e
ot
accessed
du i g
the
school
day.
While
some
pa e ts
a d
kids
co side
pho es
a
safety
p ecautio ,
pa e t
suppo t
fo
the
ba s
is
g owi g.
Stude ts
i
the
Shaw ee
Missio
School
Dist ict
will
be
equi ed
to
leave
thei
cellula
devices
at
home,
i
thei
vehicle
o
sto e
them
i
a
school-issued
locke ,
acco di g
to
dist ict
Supe i te de t
D .
Michael
Schumache .Mega
Coffey,
a
pa e t
of
child e
i
the
Shaw ee
Missio
School
Dist ict
a d
membe
of
the
advocacy
g oup
Schools
Beyo d
Sc ee s,
is
i
favou
of
the
ew
law,
acco di g
to
a
epo t
by
NPR.
“I
suppo t
it
because
the e
is
so
much
data
a d
esea ch
that
also
suppo ts
it,”
Coffey
said.Some
educato s
have
epo ted
stude ts
a e
dist acted
by
pho es
du i g
i st uctio
time.
But
pho es
also
hu t
the
me tal
a d
developme tal
health
of
use s.
The e
is
also
a
g owi g
co ce
ove
how
tech ology
is
bei g
used
i
the
class oom,
what
is
accessible
a d
the
amou t
of
sc ee
time
kids
a e
exposed
to.
But
pho es
a e
ot
the
o ly
thi g
dist acti g
stude ts
a d
affecti g
thei
me tal
health.
The e
is
also
a
g owi g
co ce
ove
how
tech ology
is
bei g
used
i
the
class oom,
what
is
accessible
a d
the
amou t
of
sc ee
time
kids
a e
exposed
to.
G etche
Sha aha ,
a
Shaw ee
Missio
pa e t
a d
Schools
Beyo d
Sc ee s
advocate,
was ’t
happy
to
lea
he
eleme ta y-age
child e
we e
co siste tly
give
iPads
du i g
i doo
ecess.
“I
was
upset
because
I
had
ot
wa ted
my
kids
to
have
these
devices,
eve
i
ou
ow
home,
because
I
k ew
that
it
was ‘t
developme tally
app op iate,”
Sha aha
said.
Th ough
a
ews
app
p e-i stalled
o
the
school-issued
device,
Sha aha
said
he
child e
had
access
to
sto ies
about
Jeff ey
Epstei
a d
othe
co te t
that
she
felt
was
i app op iate
fo
kids
thei
age.
“We
eed
to
k ow
what
it
is
that
we’ e
wa ti g
to
teach
them
because
givi g
a
stude t
a
iPad
does
ot
mea
that
they’ e
lea i g
a ythi g
about
tech ology,”
Sha aha
said.Now,
both
pa e ts
wa t
mo e
ove sight
a d
egulatio
o
the
use
of
digital
media
i
school.
School
Beyo d
Sc ee s
is
advocati g
fo
dist icts
to
stop
ki de ga te
th ough
seco d
g ade
stude ts
f om
bei g
issued
pe so al
devices,
est ict
YouTube,
a d
pause
impleme ti g
a tificial
i tellige ce
policies,
amo g
othe
efo ms.Schumache
said
he
ecog ises
the
g owi g
umbe
of
pa e ts
with
these
co ce s,
a d
the
dist ict
is
maki g
cha ges.
“O e
of
the
thi gs
I’ll
admit
I
thi k
we
lost
t ack
of
was,
you
k ow,
those
devices
goi g
home
a d
pa e ts
ot
wa ti g
those
devices
to
go
home,”
Schumache
said.Now,
eleme ta y-aged
stude ts
i
the
Shaw ee
Missio
School
Dist ict
will
also
o
lo ge
take
school-issued
iPads
home
u less
fo
a
specific
assig me t,
a d
iPads
ca ot
be
used
i doo s
du i g
ecess
o
ewa d
time.
“We
wa t
to
make
su e
that
they
a e
bei g
used
absolutely
fo
i st uctio
a d
ot
fo
a y
passive
use,”
Schumache
said.Mo eove ,
the
dist ict
is
developi g
policies
a ou d
i st uctio al
tech ology
a d
a tificial
i tellige ce.
“The e’s
goi g
to
be
a
oppo tu ity
fo
the
commu ity
to
pa ticipate
with
us
o
some
of
that
boa d
policy
developme t,”
the
supe i te de t
said.
