{"id":2255743,"date":"2024-05-30T12:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-high-school-bans-cellphones-and-headphones-to-boost-students-mental-health\/"},"modified":"2024-05-30T12:32:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:32:50","slug":"iowa-high-school-bans-cellphones-and-headphones-to-boost-students-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-high-school-bans-cellphones-and-headphones-to-boost-students-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa high school prohibits cellphones and headphones to promote student well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fiowa-high-school-bans-cellphones-and-headphones-to-boost-students-mental-health%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2255743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An Iowa high school plans to\u2063 ban cellphones and music devices during\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-lawyers-help-biden-administration-gut-devoss-title-ix-rules\/\" title=\"Progressive Lawyers Help Biden Administration Gut DeVos\u2019s Title IX Rules\">school hours<\/a> \u2062in the 2024-2025 academic year to enhance students&#8217; \u2063well-being. This decision aligns with\u2064 addressing the reported increase in depression and anxiety among\u2063 students in the\u200d Des Moines \u200barea. \u2063The\u200c Iowa high school&#8217;s decision to prohibit\u200b cellphones and music\u2064 devices aims to boost students&#8217;\u200b mental health in response to rising depression and anxiety levels among Des Moines students.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iowa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Iowa<\/a> high school announced it will prohibit the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cellphones<\/a> and music-listening devices during school hours for the 2024-2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>school<\/a> year in an effort to boost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>students<\/a>\u2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mental-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>mental health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hoover High School officials made the change amid a rise in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/2955243\/anxious-generation-researcher-says-smartphones-and-helicopter-parents-are-worsening-youth-mental-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>depression and anxiety<\/a> from their Des Moines-area students, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/iowa-school-prohibit-phones-campus-tackle-student-mental\/14888890\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to a report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like a lot of my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-pompeo-calls-for-release-of-chinese-citizen-journalist\/\" title=\"Secy. Pompeo calls for release of Chinese citizen journalist\">mental issues<\/a> were definitely amplified by the use of my phone because it provides distractions,\u201d one student said.<\/p>\n<p>The generation of high school students today, Generation Z, has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teens-dont-read-books-anymore-because-theyre-wasting-their-lives-on-tiktok\/\" title=\"Teens ditch books for TikTok, wasting their lives.\">average daily screen time<\/a> of seven hours, the report noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing that we are needing to do for students, we are needing to re-imagine school for them, without a phone,\u201d HHS assistant principal Rob Randazzo said.<\/p>\n<p>Hoover High School is not the first Iowa school to ban technology during school hours, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbradio.com\/news\/trending\/iowa-high-school-bans-cell-phones-air-pods-improves-students-mental-health\/LSGAWQNMT5BUXGPKFCP4XPN3QY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according<\/a> to a report.<\/p>\n<p>Evans Middle School in Ottumwa, Iowa,\u00a0launched a similar initiative last year and will continue it in the fall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like taking the cellphones away would take that focus away on the negativity of what\u2019s going on and have them focus a little bit more on what\u2019s going on in our building,\u201d EMS principal Mike Davis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know the real reason why we\u2019re here \u2014 it\u2019s not about the [cellphones].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoover High School in Iowa will ban cellphones and music devices in 2024-2025 to improve students&#8217; mental health. 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