The Guardian Article Rating

'Ban' on mobile phones in English schools could irk teachers and parents

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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    60% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    68% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Although it may have been reported as "a ban on mobile phones", it will in fact take the form of non-statutory guidance and is therefore not a legal requirement.
47% : Gavin Williamson, the education secretary in 2019-21, also sought a ban on mobile phone as part of a consultation on pupil behaviour and discipline in schools, which concluded last year that a blanket ban was not necessary as a majority of schools were already taking action.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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