Yes. Quoting https://www.businessinsider.com/high-school-teacher-all-schools-should-ban-phones-in-classroom-2024-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/high-school-t

Yes. Quoting https://www.businessinsider.com/high-school-teacher-all-schools-should-ban-phones-in-classroom-2024-8 https://www.businessinsider.com/high-school-teacher-all-scho... : > In talking to teachers across the country, the reasons phone policies don't work or are not implemented center on three main issues: safety (parents want their children to be reachable, especially during our era of heightened school violence), liability (phones are expensive, and in some districts, teachers have been held liable when they confiscated a phone the student later claimed was damaged), and lack of clear, consistent policy support (it can be difficult to rally an entire staff around a policy, maintain energy for its consistent enforcement, and make sure the work of its enforcement is upheld equitably).