I get that it sucks to not be able to contact your kid via phone at school…
But this is a good move.
First, I’m gonna be blunt here, even in the event of a school shooting or other emergency, having vs not having a personal phone is not likely to make a difference. Teachers, Admin Staff and offices have phones. Parents can call the school, School can call parents. Staff have training, procedures and supplies for personal medical emergencies.
I grew up as cellphones were becoming a thing. I was in highschool when the Razr was the coolest thing you could have.
Pulling out a phone in class? Warning. Do it again? Confiscated till the end of the period. Recieve an actually important call? Go outside the classroom and take the call so as not to disrupt the class.
It is not like that any more.
There are many schools and classes these days where basically all the kids are using their phones basically all the time to the point that actually teaching/learning is impossible unless you want to confiscate the whole classes phones… and that does not work because often some students or most of the class will become physically violent to prevent this from happening.
Cell phone free classrooms make teaching and learning significantly easier.
They would not be taking this drastic of a step if cellphone usage by students was not seriously negatively impacting the ability to educate them.
I get that it sucks to not be able to contact your kid via phone at school…
But this is a good move.
First, I’m gonna be blunt here, even in the event of a school shooting or other emergency, having vs not having a personal phone is not likely to make a difference. Teachers, Admin Staff and offices have phones. Parents can call the school, School can call parents. Staff have training, procedures and supplies for personal medical emergencies.
I grew up as cellphones were becoming a thing. I was in highschool when the Razr was the coolest thing you could have.
Pulling out a phone in class? Warning. Do it again? Confiscated till the end of the period. Recieve an actually important call? Go outside the classroom and take the call so as not to disrupt the class.
It is not like that any more.
There are many schools and classes these days where basically all the kids are using their phones basically all the time to the point that actually teaching/learning is impossible unless you want to confiscate the whole classes phones… and that does not work because often some students or most of the class will become physically violent to prevent this from happening.
Cell phone free classrooms make teaching and learning significantly easier.
They would not be taking this drastic of a step if cellphone usage by students was not seriously negatively impacting the ability to educate them.