> lets start with banning phones at school Too many parents hate such bans—or even just heavier restrictions—a whole bunch. Otherwise, districts would already

> lets start with banning phones at school Too many parents hate such bans—or even just heavier restrictions—a whole bunch. Otherwise, districts would already do this. Most of the educators would really, really rather phones were banned or their use heavily restricted, and those restrictions enforced. It's a fucking mess in schools right now, as far as phone use goes. Distractions, cheating, kids taking creep-shots of their peers (or of teachers....) or using photos or videos captured in what should be a safe environment to magnify the effects and scope of bullying (think: the difference between accidentally wearing a stained shirt to school one day and getting laughed at, and the same thing happening but also you become a "meme" image shared around the rest of your school career, as the Stained Shirt Kid—now consider all the things that might apply to beyond a stained shirt, and let that sense of dawning horror sink in). Parents are the ones preventing bans—things aren't the way they are because schools want it to be that way.