{"id":15786,"date":"2019-09-05T19:07:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T02:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=15786"},"modified":"2019-09-05T19:07:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T02:07:49","slug":"ontario-restricting-cellphone-use-in-classrooms-starting-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=15786","title":{"rendered":"Ontario restricting cellphone use in classrooms starting in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"detailHeadline\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Some schools already have similar policies, but new directive sets a provincial standard<\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"byline\">\n<div class=\"bylineDetails\">The Canadian Press<span class=\"bullet\"> \u00b7 <\/span><time class=\"timeStamp\" datetime=\"2019-08-29T16:45:12.950Z\">Posted: Aug 29, 2019 12:45 PM ET | Last Updated: August 29<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.4385089.1548090337!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_780\/marketplacephones2.jpg\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"imageMedia leadmedia-story full\"><figcaption class=\"image-caption\"><strong><em>The Progressive Conservatives had proposed a ban on the use of cellphones in classrooms in their platform during last year&#8217;s election campaign. (CBC)<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"commentCount\">\n<div class=\"commentCount-text-container\">\n<div class=\"viafoura\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story\">\n<p>Ontario will be restricting the use of cellphones in classrooms starting in November.<\/p>\n<p>The government had originally announced the ban earlier in the year, saying it would be in effect for the start of the school year.<\/p>\n<section id=\"inread-wrapper-id-6\"><\/section>\n<div>\n<ul class=\"similarLinks\">\n<li class=\"similarListItem\"><a class=\"similarLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-school-classroom-cellphone-ban-1.5052564\" data-contentid=\"\"><span class=\"similarLinkText\">Ontario to ban cellphones in classrooms next school year<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>A spokeswoman for Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the delay is to give school boards time to implement the restriction.<\/p>\n<p>The directive says students can only use personal mobile devices during instructional time if it is for educational purposes, for health or medical purposes, or for special needs.<\/p>\n<p>Some schools already have similar policies, but the directive sets a provincial standard.<\/p>\n<p>The Progressive Conservatives had proposed such a ban in their platform during last year&#8217;s election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/ontario-cellphone-ban-1.5264331<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some schools already have similar policies, but new directive sets a provincial standard The Canadian Press \u00b7 Posted: Aug 29, 2019 12:45 PM ET | Last Updated: August 29 The Progressive Conservatives had proposed a ban on the use of cellphones in classrooms in their platform during last year&#8217;s election campaign. (CBC) Ontario will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[673,3,9,19,23,318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ban-on-phone-in-school","category-health_and_safety","category-law","category-ontario","category-school","category-teenagers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15787,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15786\/revisions\/15787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}