PHOTO: Cobar High School students listening attentively to WW1 stories from museum curator, Kay Stingemore in their English class. Image: Cobar High School Facebook
One year ago, the NSW government took a leap to address one of education’s most stubborn challenges: student distraction.
By banning mobile phones in public schools, the NSW Department of Education hoped the shift would improve student focus, socialisation, and overall learning.
A new survey from the Department of Education’s Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation, which received responses from nearly 1,000 public schools, shows overwhelming support for the ban, with 95 per cent of principals backing the policy…