The smartphone is undermining the mental health and education of our children. It is becoming a plague, causing anxiety, depression, anguish, and thus affecting the learning that children perform in schools. Many schools are now in the process of banning cellphones, from limiting their use to specific times of day to outright bans on campus. In Reconnect, several distinguished educators argue that schools must improve the sense of belonging that students experience when they are present to improve their lives and the learning that occurs.
Drawing on extensive experiences and studies that examined high-performing schools, the authors suggest multiple pathways that can be used to build a learning environment where students feel loved and protected, where they are free to be themselves and socialize with their peers in a risk-free environment. A practical guide for how schools can change how they operate to facilitate the reconnection of their students to the society they live in, Reconnect provides a guide to improving the environment and helping students become more confident and better learners.
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