{"id":39034,"date":"2025-07-22T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/new-school-cell-phone-ban-already-showing-big-results-teachers-say\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T13:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:00:48","slug":"new-school-cell-phone-ban-already-showing-big-results-teachers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/new-school-cell-phone-ban-already-showing-big-results-teachers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"New School Cell Phone Ban Already Showing Big Results, Teachers Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U6VicsOotzQ?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>After just one semester of limiting cell phone use during the school day, public school teachers are already reporting big improvements. A recent statewide survey found over 90% of educators say students are more focused, more respectful, and spending more time on task. <\/p>\n<p>While some parents raised concerns about safety and accessibility, schools are adjusting their policies to keep students both secure and distraction-free. Here\u2019s what\u2019s working\u2014and what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After just one semester of limiting cell phone use during the school day, public school teachers are already<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":39035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}