Schools have had enough cellphones

Washington Post - This year, schools in Ohio, Colorado, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, California and others banned [cellphone] devices in class to curb student obsession, learning disruption, disciplinary incidents and mental health worries. “We basically said, ‘This has got to stop,’” said Dayton Public Schools Superintendent Elizabeth Lolli. “We’ve got academic issues that are not going to be fixed … if our students continue to sit on their phones.” Most school systems already had cellphone bans in 2020, according to federal data, but the pandemic brought more urgency to places with lenient rules or lax enforcement. Some invested in ways to lock up phones away during school hours. Others forced students to keep them hidden away — with strict penalties for violations.