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Spending €9m on phone pouches 'unfathomable' - McDonald
The Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has branded the Budget allocation of €9 million for mobile phone pouches in secondary ...
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill to make California schools phone-free. Here’s when it takes effect
California school districts will be required to limit or prohibit the use of smartphones in public schools following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature of a new bill into law Monday. AB 3216, authored by ...
€9 million phone pouches plan for schools branded ‘pet project’
The Dublin government’s proposal to spend €9 million on locked phone pouches for secondary schools has been branded ...
Interim study focuses on cell phones in schools: 'There is a cry for us to do something'
Rep. Chad Caldwell led an interim study Monday to highlight his concerns about cell phones in schools and bring together ...
Irish Daily Mirror3h
'Hold firm, Norma Foley - your phone pouch plan has much support on the ground'
Teachers spend too much time and energy policing phone bans, the pouch idea is worth €9million if it's a practical solution ...
Tulsa World4d
Interim study focuses on cellphones in schools
While lawmakers are focused on possible government solutions, Gov. Kevin Stitt has taken a different approach by encouraging schools to find solutions with his phone-free school challenge.
Opinion
Youngkin’s brilliant phone-free school model
Glenn Youngkin’s bell-to-bell cellphone ban is the right approach. Virginia schools should follow it, as should the governors of other states.
RTE Online2d
Minister defends Budget spending on phone storage scheme
The Government's allocation of €9m in Budget 2025 to keep smartphones from secondary schools has been labelled as "a ...
Sinn Féin ‘border hopping’ on criticism of mobile phone pouches spend, says Norma Foley
Smartphone usage a ‘serious health and welfare issue’ for thousands of students, according to Minister for Education ...
Education minister Norma Foley pledges extra cash for schools to ban phone use with electronic pouches in Budget 2025
EVERY secondary school will be given cash to buy electronic pouches to lock away students’ phones, The Irish Sun can reveal.
TheJournal.ie3d
Teachers slam government for €9m spend on locking phones during school
TEACHERS HAVE CRITICISED the government’s decision to allocate €9 million in the Budget for equipment to store students’ phones during ... including access to free school books and reduced ...