{"id":50396,"date":"2024-02-19T11:52:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T11:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=50396"},"modified":"2024-02-19T13:39:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T13:39:42","slug":"its-nothing-new-phone-ban-already-in-place-in-most-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/02\/19\/its-nothing-new-phone-ban-already-in-place-in-most-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It&#8217;s nothing new&#8221; &#8211; Phone ban already in place in most schools."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said  &#8220;Most schools already forbid the use of mobile phones during the school day or allow their use only in limited and stipulated circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@ChirpyChet on X agrees, saying &#8220;It&#8217;s nothing new.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That&#39;s not quite how it works in spite of what this government is claiming. <br>Most schools do not allow phones and already have the ability to ban their use. <br>It&#39;s nothing new.<\/p>&mdash; 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