The "but what about emergencies" subject comes up often in the context of outright device bans. Such a feature would be no worse than a ban, nor do I think the

The "but what about emergencies" subject comes up often in the context of outright device bans. Such a feature would be no worse than a ban, nor do I think the concern about emergencies is justified. I realize that parents have become reliant on constant contact and never being out of touch, but this is a whole other conversation to have about whether or not that is actually of benefit to anyone involved. Plenty of reasons to believe it's a net-harm. > Parents already have parental modes on phones and they're not using them to this degree, it would seem. This is a good point, and I think one path forward would be to require parents to implement these modes. The solution to phones in schools can't just be policy - parents need to parent. Perhaps they'd be more likely to use those features if the alternative is an outright ban.