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'Focusing more on memes than on math': WA governor works toward statewide school cellphone ban
Washington students could soon be saying goodbye to cellphones during class — and even at lunchtime.
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson and State Superintendent Chris Reykdal are calling for a statewide ban on student phone use from bell to bell in K-12 public schools.
"I'll be proposing an away-for-the-day ban on cellphones in schools, meaning that from the first bell to the last, students will not have access to their cellphones," Ferguson said at a news conference Tuesday.
Officials believe cellphones are a major deterrent to learning.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/focusing-more-memes-math-wa-221452289.html