A smaller but still overly-large school district here in the DC area recently finished a test program to ban student use of cell phones.
The plan got “mixed reviews”.
A smaller but still overly-large school district here in the DC area recently finished a test program to ban student use of cell phones.
The plan got “mixed reviews”.

The new school year is underway here in the overly-large school district. And just as in many other areas of the country, our administrators are planning to ban students from using smartphones during the school day.
Again.
A college professor writing in the New Yorker makes the case for banning laptops in the classroom.
Or at least he tries – and largely fails. Continue reading