My kid’s school banned phones not just in class but in school completely. Since one of the main reasons my daughter has a phone is so she can be in contact on her way to and for school, leaving the phone at home defeats the purpose. So I told her to ignore the rule. She just keeps it in her backpack all day, but banning phones across the board is such a lazy solution, and it punishes the entire school

My schools all banned cell phones from middle to high school. If one would go off or if you were caught by the teacher, they would confiscate it and you’d have to pay money to get it back by the end of the day. It was really funny watching kids covering each other no matter who you were if someone’s phone went off in their backpack. We’d all start collectively coughing and making loud sounds to cover it up. Teachers for the most part were pretty relaxed on the phone going off in your backpack policy though. They only enforced the policy if you were caught using your phone during class.

Instead of teaching media and online literacy just forbid it, sounds like a good solution.