Growing number of schools across U.S. require students to lock away phones

More schools across the country are requiring students to lock away phones during school hours. CBS News' Meg Oliver spent the day at a high school in Newburgh, New York, to see how going phone-free has transformed the school experience. She also sat down with a renowned social psychologist who has been researching the connection between phone use and declining mental health, calling it "worse than vaping."

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[jimmyisherenow]

he really said its worse than vaping, tell that to your lungs

[JessicaJmoney]

I was in HS between 06-2010…we were allowed to have our phones on us, but if we had them out during class they would get taken to the dean and your parents had to come pick it up.

[theskiesthelimit-qk]

I think it's a wonderful idea. Glad to see that some schools are implementing it. I would like to see more people-I'm talking adults-using their phones less in public. Unless you're a surgeon, I'm guessing you don't need to be on your phone 24/7.

[purple]

Social media and technology is to blame. Y’all need to open your eyes right now and realize how much damage our phones have done to us. Save your kids now and take away their phones. You will be surprised at how much they will change.

[shawndevoid]

I can’t believe they ever let kids have them in the classroom to begin with!

[beanetricemcdaniel]

Yes! I’m glad there finally doing something about it. My son had his stolen several times. Got into fights for it. I even seen elementary children with phones. Their starting to young. I didn’t give my children until 8-9th grade.

[jakebusch]

This is how it was when I was in high school in the late 2000s. If you got called it they take your phone from you. You get detention or suspended if you get caught too many times. They were real strict about it

[CheekyRabbits]

This alone would *almost* convince me to go back to teaching in the classroom. Sadly there’s still the pay and safety issues. A lot of us left during/after the pandemic, but would have stayed otherwise.

[KS-clbr]

disgusting, its about choice ... also with all the issues it is a safety issue

[nessparadis]

Why did it take SO long? It’s distracting and was always a point of stress when I was a substitute. You never know if you’ll get beaten up for even telling a kid to put their phone away 😂.

[CBeard]

Cell phones have resulted in massive decreases in productivity in the work force. I would expect the decrease in school productivity to be likewise.

[sr.degeorge]

As a 20 year teacher, I would love to see this implemented in my school

[katherinesavarese]

My 9 year old is down to 2 hours of screen time per day. His other little friends are glued to their phones and so disregulated physically and emotionally.

I can't believe phones are evening allowed in school and that some parents even TEXT their kids casually in class!!!!

[millenniumbryan]

This is a great idea! Just have the kids focus on their school work and interact with friends without phones. I truly believe it'll do them alot of good. More schools should do this! But make an exception for students who have a continous blood glucose monitor as that is a lifeline

[badapl]

It's common sense that there should be no cell phone use during school hours. It's beyond insane there has to be a discussion regarding this. Only in America.

[eastender]

Their comparing phone notifications to vaping 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️as far as how detrimental it could be to them 😆

[nancywalter]

I believe this should the norm. At work as well as school.

[wendigo]

Here's a solution. Don't get the latest touch screen smart phones. My phone was a basic button phone and it stayed in my purse until the end of school. The only exception was when i was making sure i wasn't being contacted by the police or my dad's doctor over an emergency. And i kept that phone until some months after graduation.

[CrystalClearWithBE]

This is very understanding. I wish my country, the Philippines, would do the same thing.

[bigcahuna]

When I was in high school in the early 90s, we had pagers/beepers (no cell phones), and our principle even banned those too