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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In Cooper Middle School, cell phones aren't allowed. But this is definitely not enforced. Some classes require cell phones (Take a video! Take a picture of something! Use the calculator for this problem!) and my daughter was sending me photos all year that either she or her friends took in PE class, at recess, or during Quiet Study Time (QST).

[b]I would love to see this ban actually enforced.[/b] [/quote]

You can enforce it.  Don’t let her bring her phone to school or put screentime on it while she’s there.

I feel like this is equivalent to parents sending in a big bag of candy in a backpack every day but telling their kid they can only eat one piece at lunch.  The kid eats more, all through the day,  and the parents get upset with the teachers and tell them to enforce the one piece of candy per day rule.  [/quote]
Yeah it’s almost like student behavior is the parents responsibility and not a teachers. [/quote]

One of my kids had a kindergarten teacher who took this to an extreme. She would call home and expect us to simply talk to our 5 year olds and fix their in-class behavior without being able to monitor it and apply immediate consequences (for better or worse).

Come on - there's a balance. Yes I can and do actively parent my kids at home. My 12 year old doesn't have a phone of any sort, so she's definitely not distracted by one in class. But teachers are also responsible for classroom management, full stop.[/quote]

Full stop  :roll:

If the teacher calls home, it’s because your child didn’t respond when redirected or repeats the same behaviors. That’s a home issue because they haven’t been taught respect. You need to make it clear that the child will follow the teacher’s instructions/not disrupt/etc. I had teachers with poor classroom management skills. I still behaved because I knew that’s what was expected AND I’d be in trouble at home, if not.[/quote]
Unfortunately, we can’t rely on parents for behavioral guidance. We know this because of equity. I don’t see this as any different. Teachers need to be empowered to stop poor behavior including cell phone usage. If you can’t write up a student for a myriad of other behavioral problems, this is no different.[/quote]

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