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ancianita

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9. It's more than like a drug. It IS a drug. This is a crisis of the learning climate of schools. Principals and parent-

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:10 AM

18 hrs ago

parent-teacher school councils must unequivocally establish a policy on phones IN school, and then ban their use in all classrooms. All teachers and principals must enforce these enforceable policies.

As for the nation's children and teens, schools do forced capacity building through new content and process knowledge.
Phones don't just distract. Phones are a literal harm to the learning climate of schools.

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Students Spend A Third Of Their School Day On Their Smartphone, Study Says [View all] highplainsdem 20 hrs ago OP

And, still barely learn anything. OldBaldy1701E 20 hrs ago #1

Allow me to testify . . . . . no_hypocrisy 20 hrs ago #2

Quite Different Than What I See ProfessorGAC 20 hrs ago #3

My school is run by administrators with no vision and no guts. no_hypocrisy 13 hrs ago #13

Well, That Would Sure Explain It ProfessorGAC 13 hrs ago #14

It's more than like a drug. It IS a drug. This is a crisis of the learning climate of schools. Principals and parent- ancianita 18 hrs ago #9

I really do favor some restrictions on phones in school. Happy Hoosier 20 hrs ago #4

We need to get iPads, smart phones, and other technology out of elementary classrooms. Lonestarblue 20 hrs ago #5

Thats horrible!! (As I type this from my smartphone) SSJVegeta 20 hrs ago #6

But are you in school while you're typing this? llmart 20 hrs ago #7

Not school... SSJVegeta 20 hrs ago #8

That is the main reason I never substitute teach in middle and high school kimbutgar 17 hrs ago #10

It seems to me that we are entering a new era of learning and teaching. Computer technologiy has changed the way we CTyankee 17 hrs ago #11

Why is every school not taking them away Tree Lady 16 hrs ago #12

sexting & bullying peers is a full time job these days nt msongs 9 hrs ago #15