What Next TBD: Back To School… Without Phones

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🗓️ 30 August 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Since the pandemic, schools have been reporting that their students are more anxious and having trouble learning. How much does simply removing cell phones from the classroom address these problems? Guests: Laura Meckler, national education writer for the Washington Post Russell Shaw, head of Georgetown Day School and author of “Why We’re Banning Phones at Our School” for the Atlantic. Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.7	Russell, do you want to introduce yourself?
0:58.7	Tell me who you are and what you do?
1:00.9	I am Russell Shaw.
1:02.6	I'm head of school at Georgetown Day School.
1:05.3	We are a pre-K to 12 independent school in Washington, D.C. of 1,100 students.
1:14.9	Russell's been doing that job, head of school, for 15 years.
1:19.2	Enough time to see a lot of changes in the way we live,
1:22.4	especially how we relate to technology.
1:25.5	I asked him what he sees when he walks around the school.
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