Here’s why parents should join educators to ban cellphones from classrooms

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I vividly remember finding out my fifth-grade son was one of only two children in his new class without a cellphone. 

My family and I had recently moved into a highly respected school district, filled with great families and knowledgeable teachers. Yet despite the best of intentions, every child seemed to be texting friends, family members and coaches, engaging in various social media platforms, and more. 

A decade before, I’d been a part of a mobile-learning initiative at a private university, and I knew firsthand how powerful mobile phone technology could be in the hands of students, and how disastrous the phone and its adjacent technologies could be for the classroom learning environment, social connection and overall human flourishing.

Phones allow learning environments to become unbounded – children are bombarded with messages, photos, streams and ads – all while a teacher is standing at the whiteboard trying to teach. (iStock)

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