PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – The Oregon Department of Education advised schools to keep phones “off and away” in a Guidance for School Cell Phone Policies released Wednesday.
It comes after a National Education Association report highlighted teacher’s concerns about the negative disorderly potential of electronic devices on learning and students’ mental health and well-being.
Under Oregon law, school districts are required to establish policies for the use of personal cell phones and other electronic devices…