Is It Time For Kids To Power Off Phones? Second-Largest US School District Says Yes, Votes To Initiate First Steps
Is It Time For Kids To Power Off Phones? Second-Largest US School District Says Yes, Votes To Initiate First Steps
Some board members are skeptical that the policy could be enforced effectively by administrators or equally among students of different racial groups. Others expressed safety concerns.The vast majority of Americans now own a cell phone, including the nation's youth. Amid calls to limit phone usage among those under 18, the Los Angeles Board of Education voted on Tuesday to create a plan for public approval prohibiting phones entirely during the school day. Many other districts have implemented similar policies.
絕大多數美國人現在擁有手機，包括全國的年輕人。在限制18歲以下人士使用手機的呼聲中，洛杉磯教育局週二投票通過了一項計劃，爲公衆批准制定禁止上學期間使用手機的計劃。其他許多學區已經實施了類似的政策。
What Happened: The proposal resolved the school district to develop a plan to ban phones during the school day. The district will present the plan to the public within 120 days.
提案解決了學區在學校期間禁用手機的計劃。該學區將在120天內向公衆呈現該計劃。
The resolution passed among the Board of Education in a 5-2 vote.
議案以5-2的投票贊成通過。
Some board members are skeptical that the policy could be enforced effectively by administrators or equally among students of different racial groups. Others expressed safety concerns.
一些委員會成員懷疑行政人員是否能有效執行該政策，或者對不同種族的學生平等執行該政策。其他人則表示擔心安全問題。
Why it Matters: The Los Angeles Board of Education's decision could serve as a model for other U.S. school districts weighing a smartphone ban.
洛杉磯教育局的決定可能成爲其他正在考慮禁用智能手機的美國學區的典範。
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, student test scores have crated to historic lows.
COVID-19大流行後，學生的測試成績創下歷史新低。
Many researchers have tied phone usage among children to the ongoing mental health crisis. Jonathan Haidt, a prominent social psychologist at the NYU Stern School of Business, is among the most vocal advocates of restrictive phone policy. Haidt has tied increased phone usage to instances of self-harm and loneliness among the nation's youth. Critics of Haidt's arguments have described his research as "bad science."
許多研究者將孩童使用手機與當前的心理健康危機聯繫在一起。NYU商學院傑出社會心理學家喬納森·海特（Jonathan Haidt）是限制手機政策最積極的擁護者之一。 海特將增加的手機使用與青少年自殘和孤獨感的情況聯繫在一起。反對海特觀點的人將其研究描述爲“糟糕的科學”。
On Monday, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy penned an op-ed in the New York Times arguing for "warning labels," similar to those placed on cigarette packages, to be placed on social media websites. LA Board of Education member Nick Melvoin compared social media usage to cigarette usage during the board meeting.
週一，美國衛生局局長維韋克·H·穆爾西（Dr.Vivek H. Murthy）在紐約時報上發表了一篇專欄文章，主張在社交媒體網站上放置類似於香菸包裝上的“警告標籤”。洛杉磯教育委員會成員尼克·梅爾沃因（Nick Melvoin）在委員會會議上將社交媒體使用與吸菸行爲相比較。
A recent Gallup poll found that teens spend an average of 4.8 hours on social media platforms each day. Popular social media platforms among teens include Instagram (a Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) property) and Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP). The most popular phone manufacturers in the U.S. include Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (OTCPK:SSNLF).
最近的蓋洛普民意調查發現，美國青少年每天平均花費4.8小時在社交媒體平台上。青少年中流行的社交媒體平台包括Instagram（Meta平台公司（納斯達克：META）的財產）和Snap Inc（紐交所：SNAP）。美國最受歡迎的手機制造商包括蘋果公司（納斯達克：AAPL）、Alphabet Inc（納斯達克：GOOG）（納斯達克：GOOGL）和三星電子公司（OTCPK：SSNLF）。
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