Ontario cellphone ban: Will it make a difference in schools? [Video]

Ontario’s cellphone ban in schools has been met with mixed reaction, with some teachers concerned about constant policing of kids and experts applauding the change as necessary for student learning.

For Joanna Johnson, a teacher at a private high school in Toronto, the new policy gives the pretense the government is taking action on distracted learning without making much of a difference within the classroom.

“Kids will find a way to be distracted if you give them the space to do so,” Johnson told CTV News Toronto, noting there was a time a handwritten note would be sent to someone on the opposite side of the classroom.

“It’s all nuance and I guess that’s my big problem with a lot of political decisions and big statements of black-and-white policy, because there’s nothing about inside the classroom that is black and white, that doesn’t have nuance.”

Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced …